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+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-
+
+$description = "The following tests the use of a PHONY target.  It makes\n"
+              ."sure that the rules under a target get executed even if\n"
+              ."a filename of the same name of the target exists in the\n"
+              ."directory.\n";
+
+$details = "This makefile in this test declares the target clean to be a \n"
+          ."PHONY target.  We then create a file named \"clean\" in the \n"
+          ."directory.  Although this file exists, the rule under the target\n"
+          ."clean should still execute because of it's phony status.";
+
+$example = "EXAMPLE_FILE";
+
+open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");
+
+# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...
+
+print MAKEFILE ".PHONY : clean \n";
+print MAKEFILE "all: \n";
+print MAKEFILE "\t\@echo This makefile did not clean the dir ... good\n";
+print MAKEFILE "clean: \n";
+print MAKEFILE "\t$delete_command $example clean\n";
+
+# END of Contents of MAKEFILE
+
+close(MAKEFILE);
+
+&touch($example);
+
+# Create a file named "clean".  This is the same name as the target clean
+# and tricks the target into thinking that it is up to date.  (Unless you
+# use the .PHONY target.
+&touch("clean");
+
+$answer = "$delete_command $example clean\n";
+&run_make_with_options($makefile,"clean",&get_logfile);
+
+if (-f $example) {
+  $test_passed = 0;
+}
+
+&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1));
+
+1;
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