On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:

: > Can anyone explain me the meaning of the following make conditional
: > statement:
: > 
: > .if target(depend)
: > 
: > .endif
: 
: the code betwenn the if & endif is executed when the make has been
: called as:
: 	make depend

Actually, no.  That's .if make(depend).

.if target() is only evaluated if the target name has not yet been defined
in the Makefile (or files it has .include'd).

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