Can all PONIC goals be done? (Gmake)

Question

I have Makefilewhere none of the target link files are, so if this can be done in some loop, it will be convenient.

Is there a way to set each target in a makefile like .PHONY?

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The reason I ask for this is because I never want the files in the same directory as the make file to conflict with the targets (where the make file will automatically associate any target with the file directory).

Answer 1

You can guarantee that goals are always created by defining one empty "FORCE" target and all other objects depend on it.

target1: FORCE
      ./foobar $@
target2: FORCE
      ./dongle $@
FORCE:

(as suggested in the make guide )

"make -B" "make"?

`-B'
`--always-make'
     Consider all targets out-of-date.  GNU `make' proceeds to consider
     targets and their prerequisites using the normal algorithms;
     however, all these targets are remade, regardless of the status of
     their prerequisites.