4 ms·yes. Phony is only about making sure that 'all' is seen as target, not as file or folderby rahkiin 10y agoyes. Phony is only about making sure that 'all' is seen as target, not as file or folderdelinka 10y agoThis is only an issue if you do indeed have files or folders named the same as targets, right? For example, if you do have an "all" file, you want make to ignore the file when considering the 'all' target, you'd apply .PHONY to the 'all' target.dilap 10y agoright.