Makefile specify dependency to ignore automatic dependency rule

Question

say I have the Makefile

p5: p5.py
    . ${SRCDIR}/$^

%.py: clean
    spark-submit ${SRCDIR}/$@ ${SPARK_OPTS}

How can I have p5 run without calling the default rule for *.py files?

Answer 1

If the default rule your are mentioning is the %.py: rule, then you can simply add an empty rule for p5.py:

p5: p5.py
    . ${SRCDIR}/$^

p5.py:;

%.py: clean
    spark-submit ${SRCDIR}/$@ ${SPARK_OPTS}