On Fri, 2018-05-11 at 16:46 -0400, Jim Anderson wrote: > However, I do consider this a defect in the software, because it is > removing an intermediate file that is actually needed. The default > behavior is reasonable, but not being able to override, leaves me in > this situation with poor alternatives.
Please keep the mailing list on the CC line, thanks! As I mentioned in my previous email, there are plenty of ways to explain to make that a file it may think is intermediate, is actually not intermediate. Based on your original request I wasn't sure if that was what you wanted to do, or if it was something different. Any file which is mentioned explicitly as a target or a prerequisite in the makefile is not considered to be intermediate. So, if you have a file "foo.bar" that you want to be considered not intermediate: you can simply add it is an explicit prerequisite anywhere. This could be your normal "all" target: all: some other files foo.bar or it could be some completely different target that is not even built normally: force_this_not_intermediate: foo.bar See https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Chained-Rules.html where it says: > Ordinarily, a file cannot be intermediate if it is mentioned in the > makefile as a target or prerequisite. Cheers! _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
