Re: BUG: Setting RM variable does not work

2018-05-11 Thread Paul Smith
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 alte

Re: BUG: Setting RM variable does not work

2018-05-11 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2018-05-11 at 13:23 -0400, Jim Anderson wrote: > I'm attaching the following files for what looks to be a bug in make: Hi Jim; thanks for your email. In general we prefer that the contents be embedded in the mail itself rather than in attachments. Most particularly the description of the

BUG: Setting RM variable does not work

2018-05-11 Thread Jim Anderson
Hi, I'm attaching the following files for what looks to be a bug in make:   - description.txt   - makefile   - post - This is a simple shell script called by make that echos the argument passed to it. INSTRUCTIONS: - download files to a directory    - see 'description.txt' file I would a