Re: makefile rules

[Jim Meyering]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 5:21 PM Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 12/21/21 12:23, Jim Meyering wrote:
> > Even with `mv -f` support, one must still either remove $@-t or otherwise
> > ensure that it is writable. The read-only temporary may have been left 
> > behind
> > from a preceding, interrupted run of the same rule.
>
> Yes, that's the "(though not perfect)" I alluded to.
>
> I just found out about Kevin Ryde's do-not-edit package, which tells
> Emacs not to edit files with a "DO NOT EDIT" line. Have you tried it?
>
> https://user42.tuxfamily.org/do-not-edit/

Thanks. I'm giving it a try.