dependency on directories in makefile

From: Corno (Corno_at_dds%FAKE%.nl)
Date: 03/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:09:41 +0100

Hi all,

I've moved my build environment from 1 PC to another and ran into a strange
problem:

I'm building my project with "GNU make" but with the Visual Studio.Net 2003
compiler
In my makefile, there are some targets that depend on a directory. If it
doesn't exist, there's a rule that creates the directory. This used to be no
problem but now, every time when something *in* the directory has changed
(for example a file that is deleted), everything that is dependent on the
directory is recompiled.
The "date modified" of the directory seems not to have changed.

some facts:
previous system:
Atlon 1Ghz, Windows XP, no service packs, Visual Studio 6
New system:
Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz, Windows XP SP1, all updates installed, Visual Studio.Net
2003

Anybody?

Corno

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