Re: say which of .PRECIOUS: %.o *.o file.o will actually work

On Fri, 2024-10-11 at 09:45 +, Edward Welbourne wrote: > Paul Smith (10 October 2024 17:56) wrote: > > .PRECIOUS is dangerous and should almost never be needed or used.  > > This danger can be avoided by having a recipe (or the command it > runs) generate the new file under an alternative name

[bug #66324] Typo in documentation?

URL: Summary: Typo in documentation? Group: make Submitter: None Submitted: Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:05:25 PM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Documentation

Re: say which of .PRECIOUS: %.o *.o file.o will actually work

Paul Smith (10 October 2024 17:56) wrote: > .PRECIOUS is dangerous and should almost never be needed or used. Its > goal is to prevent make from deleting files automatically when a > recipe fails (for any reason). There are very few, very rare > situations where this is what you want, because it