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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 17:53:55 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Subject: Re: misc/484: usr.sbin/Makefile problem with SUBDIR
Cc: freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com, mark@linus.demon.co.uk
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>Your right, the make file should be .if target(clean) instead of
>.if make(clean).

This breaks `make clean install'.  `make clean' works right.  Apparently
target(clean) is false for `make clean install'!

This is another reason why making multiple targets at once is poor
technique.

Bruce

>> --------
>> makefile
>> --------
>> SUBDIR=foo
>> 
>> .if make(clean)
>> SUBDIR+= config.new
>> .endif
>> 
>> clean:
>> 	echo $(SUBDIR)
>> 
>> install:
>> 	echo $(SUBDIR)
>>