Re: Immediately exiting (with return code zero) from Makefile?

From: Cameron Simpson (cs_at_zip.com.au)
Date: 01/28/04

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    On 10:49 28 Jan 2004, Ian Zimmerman <bayard@newsguy.com> wrote:
    | You could write the top rule of M1/Makefile like this:
    |
    | all:
    | if test -e ../M2/Makefile ; then $(MAKE) m1.a ; fi

    You might find that fails and you need to rephrase like this:

    all:
            test ! -e ../M2/Makefile || $(MAKE) m1.a

    i.e. success if no M2/makefile or success if $(MAKE) succeeds. 

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