> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 10:05:35PM +0200, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 >> > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:30:25PM +0200, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
 >> > ...
 >>  >>      0 trtr>touch file0 
 >>  >>      0 trtr>make file3  
 >> > ...
 >>  >> After toching file0, file3 is rebuilt NOT ALWAYS. Why?
 >> 
 >> > How long do you wait between the "touch" and the "make"?
 >> You mix message from testing LFS/TMPFS and "after touching..." message
 >> that concerns EXT2FS only.

> Actually, I mixed up touch and make... Does

> make file3; sleep 5; touch file0; make file3

> always work?

It always doesn't.

0 trtr>make file3; sleep 5; touch file0; make file3
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
cat file0 > file1
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
0 trtr>make file3; sleep 5; touch file0; make file3 
cat file0 > file1
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
cat file0 > file1
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
0 trtr>make file3; sleep 5; touch file0; make file3 
cat file0 > file1
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
cat file0 > file1
cat file1 > file2
`file3' is up to date.
0 trtr>



Makefile:
file1 : file0
        cat file0 > $@

file2 : file1
        cat file1 > $@

file3 : file2
        cat file2 > $@

-- 
Best regards, Aleksey Cheusov.