On Fri, 2013-01-18 at 17:37 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> > ifdef PROGRAM
> > $(PROGRAM): $(OBJS)
> > - $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(PG_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX)
> $(LIBS) -o $@
> > + $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(PG_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_EX)
> $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
> > endif
> >
>
>
> Wouldn't it be better to make the rule be for $(PROGRAM)$(X) and
> adjust
> the dependency for "all" in the same manner? Otherwise make will
> rebuild
> it whether or not it's needed, won't it?
>
The above is the way it's done everywhere else in the source tree.
I think the reason this works is that either make or the system call
that make uses is aware of this naming issue somehow.