Not just .PHONY - you can do that for any target: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-Rules.html https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manua

Not just .PHONY - you can do that for any target: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-Rules.html https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Multiple-... “One file can be the target of several rules. All the prerequisites mentioned in all the rules are merged into one list of prerequisites for the target.”