[svn-r11737] Purpose:

Bug fix

Description:
Before this checkin, 'gmake check-s' would fail if there was a file in
the current directory named 'check-s'.
This is fixed under gmake (not sure how to fix for other makes).

Solution:
check, progs, install, etc. are what gmake calls "phony" targets,
which means that no file should be created.  These targets can be
specified by a line of the form
.PHONY: check progs install ...
Automake adds this line for targets it knows about, but HDF5 has a
lot of custom rules.  This checkin adds a .PHONY line for those rules.
I believe that only gmake recognizes the .PHONY line (at least, pmake
doesn't seem to), but a partial solution is better than none.
This error should occur very rarely anyway (the user has to manually
create files with names like 'build-check-s' or '_test').

Platforms tested:
mir, sleipnir, modi4

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 98c715a..8c1cfcb 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -787,6 +787,14 @@ uninstall-info: uninstall-info-recursive
 # as well.
 check-install: installcheck
 
+# List all build rules defined by HDF5 Makefiles as "PHONY" targets here.
+# This tells the Makefiles that these targets are not files to be built but
+# commands that should be executed even if a file with the same name already
+# exists.
+.PHONY: build-check-clean build-check-p build-check-s build-lib build-progs \
+        build-tests check-clean check-install check-p check-s check-vfd \
+        install-doc lib progs tests uninstall-doc _exec_check-s _test
+
 # Define rules for lib, progs, check, and tests.
 # These simply involve recursing into subdirectories.
 test _test: check