Hi,
We are seeing the following problem with GNU make versions 3.77 and 3.78.1 (Makefile
below):
$ make bug.o
gcc -c -o bug.o bug.c
rm bug.o
In other words, although we are *explicitly* requesting that this file be built, GNU
make refuses to lift its "intermediate" status and deletes it again. This feature
renders the .INTERMEDIATE option useless to us - and my Project Manager would rather
cut his head off (or rather MY head off ;-)) and scoop the innards out rather than
develop something that needs a "not-out-of-the-box" version of make. Would you agree
that this is a bug in GNU make? If so then I could arguably patch the source on the
grounds that future "out-of-the-box" versions of make would not have this version.
Cheers,
Chris.
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CC=gcc
.INTERMEDIATE: bug.o
bug: bug.o
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^
