The DONE File

When a component is compiled correctly, its Makefile.src file creates a file called DONE, in the build directory. The DONE file exists to prevent make from entering a component's build directory when there is nothing else to compile. If you run the make command, and the Makefile.src file has already created the DONE file, nothing will happen. These DONE files must be removed if a component has been modified, and the dependent components need to be relinked.

Remove the DONE file for the NUCLEUS component:

host% rm -f build-NUCLEUS/DONE

Run make now and it will enter the NUCLEUS component. Run the make command a second time and you will get no output, as the DONE file has again been created.