makefile - Execute a phony target with no dependencies first in a parallel make? -

in parallel make, target: dependency should 1:1 order of execution same make no -j. have phony target has no dependencies want execute prior other targets:

 .phony: makedirectories   makedirectories:    make -p /path-to-directory 

this target not require dependency needed executed first in parallel make. solution have found following:

-include makedirectories 

which works. way make sure phony target makedirectories executed first.

another approach make targets depend on directory. e.g.:

.secondexpansion: %.o : %.cc | $$(dir $$@) # <---- order-only dependency on directory  % : # must last pattern rule     mkdir -p $@ 

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yet approach create directories using $(shell ...) function:

objdir := release $(shell mkdir -p ${objdir})