diff -r be6197b5b33b -r 561285bdb5c8 Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in	Wed Jun 11 21:45:57 2008 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.in	Wed Jun 11 22:18:06 2008 +0000
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@
 ###############################################################################
 # Global make rules
 
-build: build-bin build-lib build-man
+TARGETS := bin lib doc man
 
-install: build install-bin install-lib install-doc install-man
+build: $(patsubst %,build-%,$(TARGETS))
 
-clean: clean-bin clean-lib clean-doc
+install: local-test build $(patsubst %,install-%,$(TARGETS))
+
+clean: $(patsubst %,clean-%,$(TARGETS))
 
 distclean: clean
 	@echo "  RM     'Makefile'"
 	@rm -f Makefile
 
-uninstall: uninstall-bin uninstall-lib uninstall-doc uninstall-man
+uninstall: local-test $(patsubst %,uninstall-%,$(TARGETS))
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Specific make rules
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
 
 build-lib:
 
+build-doc:
+
 build-man: docs/ct-ng.1.gz
 
 docs/ct-ng.1.gz: docs/ct-ng.1
@@ -76,6 +80,8 @@
 clean-lib:
 
 clean-doc:
+
+clean-man:
 	@echo "  RM     'docs/ct-ng.1'"
 	@rm -f docs/ct-ng.1
 	@echo "  RM     'docs/ct-ng.1.gz'"
@@ -94,12 +100,14 @@
 #--------------------------------------
 # Install rules
 
-install-%: local-test
-
 install-bin: $(BINDIR)
 	@echo "  INST   'ct-ng'"
 	@install -m 755 ct-ng "$(BINDIR)/ct-ng"
 
+# If one is hacking crosstool-NG, the patch set might change between any two
+# installations of the same VERSION, thus the patches must be removed prior
+# to being installed. It is simpler to remove the whole lib/ directory, as it
+# is the goal of the install-lib rule to install the lib/ directory...
 install-lib: uninstall-lib $(LIBDIR) install-lib-main install-lib-samples
 
 install-lib-main: $(LIBDIR)
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@
 	@echo "  INST   'ct-ng.1.gz'"
 	@install -m 644 docs/ct-ng.1.gz "$(MANDIR)"
 
-$(BINDIR) $(LIBDIR) $(DOCDIR) $(MANDIR)::
+$(BINDIR) $(LIBDIR) $(DOCDIR) $(MANDIR):
 	@echo "  MKDIR  '$@'"
 	@install -m 755 -d "$@"
 
@@ -138,16 +146,18 @@
 #--------------------------------------
 # Uninstall rules
 
-uninstall-%: local-test
-
 uninstall-bin:
+	@echo "  RM     '$(BINDIR)/ct-ng'"
 	@rm -f "$(BINDIR)/ct-ng"
 
 uninstall-lib:
+	@echo "  RM     '$(LIBDIR)/'"
 	@rm -rf "$(LIBDIR)"
 
 uninstall-doc:
+	@echo "  RM     '$(DOCDIR)/'"
 	@rm -rf "$(DOCDIR)"
 
 uninstall-man:
+	@echo "  RM     '$(MANDIR)/ct-ng.1.gz'"
 	@rm -f "$(MANDIR)/ct-ng.1"{,.gz}