From: "Norm Dresner" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: How to force make to recompile? Date: 27 Jan 1999 22:56:32 GMT Organization: CompuMagic, Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <01be4a47$ef97f7c0$22eb4e0c@nilrem> References: <36aee665 DOT 0 AT nnrp1 DOT news DOT uk DOT psi DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.78.235.34 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1161 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Ya'qub wrote in article <36aee665 DOT 0 AT nnrp1 DOT news DOT uk DOT psi DOT net>... > Greetings, > Compilation in my makefile depends on several switches that I define in > the makefile. However, if I decde to edit the makefile and add a new switch, > when I run make it says that the executable is up to date. How can I force > make to rebuild everything since now there is a new set of compilation > switches that I want? Thanks > Ya'qub > > > Several options come to mind. The simplest -- and the one used the most often -- is to delete the .obj files. Next, many versions of touch allow you to specify a date; setting this in the past works too. Norm