Re: Makefile bug in generating mh-loaddefs.el?

[David Kastrup]

Bill Wohler <address@hidden> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> So generally the right thing to do is to
>> delete the target file if the command fails after beginning to change
>> the file.  `make' will do this if `.DELETE_ON_ERROR' appears as a
>> target.
>
> I'm not sure I'd agree with this practice. If the command fails, the
> remnants of the target file could be used for troubleshooting.

In most cases, executing the command via copy&paste is possible.

> Tom's approach--writing to a temporary file and moving it at the
> end--seems to answer all issues.

For people who like temporary files lying around.

-- 
David Kastrup