.DELETE_ON_ERROR doesn't work for directories

[Jonathan_Baccash]

The .DELETE_ON_ERROR target doesn't work for directories.  If I have a
directory "t2" and there is an error while updating the "t2" target but
after the "t2" directory has been created, the directory is not removed,
even if I have specified .DELETE_ON_ERROR as a target.  Here is an example:

t1:
      touch t1
      false

t2:
      mkdir t2
      false

Here is an example of the output:
$ ls
Makefile
$ gmake t1
touch t1
false
gmake: *** [t1] Error 255
gmake: *** Deleting file `t1'
$ gmake t2
mkdir t2
false
gmake: *** [t2] Error 255
$ ls
Makefile  t2

As you can see, the directory is not removed, but the file is.  Thanks,

Jon.




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