>> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes: > These builds need something like: > > if [ ! -f stamp-configure ]; then \ > ./configure ; \ > touch stamp-configure; \ > fi > > ...in the build rule. This helps out porters a great deal, and I try to > setup all of mine in a similar way. or let make do it: build-stamp: configure-stamp this helps not only porters, but the masochists among us who maintain big packages. Marcelo