sbp/scalable — comment on commit 01d8d97a6d34b309699d4ad0e64f195219f34776
File: Makefile line 52
By nslater:

Yes, but this makes no sense, because you're not generating the Makefile.

Ordered dependancies make sure that certain files are generated before other files. The current make file always exists. (It has to, or what is being executed?) And the target is a phony one, so this makes no sense at all.

You're effectively saying that a file which shouldn't be made and will next exist (the phony target) needs to be made before a file that will always exist and will never be remade (the current Makefile).