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sr #107228: Desire for a somewhat smarter order only dependency
Submitter: | Brian Cody <epistax2> | ||
Submitted: | Thu 21 Jan 2010 02:53:44 PM UTC | ||
Category: | None | Priority: | 5 - Normal |
Severity: | 1 - Wish | Status: | None |
Privacy: | Public | Assigned to: | None |
Open/Closed: | Open | Operating System: | Any |
Thu 21 Jan 2010 03:06:20 PM UTC, comment #2: |
Brian Cody <epistax2> |
Thu 21 Jan 2010 03:02:30 PM UTC, comment #1: Would it work to do something like:
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Paul D. Smith <psmith>![]() |
Thu 21 Jan 2010 02:53:44 PM UTC, original submission:
I don't much care if the syntax would be different, but one glaring issue that I'm experiencing right now in make is that I cannot have a dependency only be made if it is actually needed. For example given the file:
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Brian Cody <epistax2> |
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No, because 'a' in my case is actually a pattern match that will match hundreds of targets, and we only want to do 'c' if and only if any 'a' matches (and only once).
Thanks