On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 10:45:20PM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <cistron.19990914114213.A23832@lappy.djj.state.va.us>, > Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> wrote: > >These builds need something like: > > > > if [ ! -f stamp-configure ]; then \ > > ./configure ; \ > > touch stamp-configure; \ > > fi > > Or even simpler: > > test -f config.status || ./configure No, this case will cause the make to fail. Ben