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Re: Intermediate file woes
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: Intermediate file woes |
Date: |
Mon, 21 May 2001 00:18:04 -0400 |
%% address@hidden writes:
th> 1) Explicit intermediate files (Those listed as pre-reqs of
th> .INTERMEDIATE) will get deleted even if make did not create
th> them. This is not-consistant with how make deals with
th> non-explicit intermediate files. Here's an example:
Hmm. I agree this looks like a bug; I'll check it out.
th> 2) The .INTERMEDIATE target doesn't accept patterns for
th> dependencies. For example, you can't do this.
th> .INTERMEDIATE: %.x
Right, you can't, and the docs don't say you can :).
This would be an enhancement request.
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