make says rm, not rm -f

2024-07-20 Thread Dan Jacobson
x27; also does not exist after 'make'. 'make' reports the deletion to you by printing a 'rm -f' command showing which file it is deleting. I only saw an 'rm', not rm -f. So the documentation needs fixing. Also here, Ordinarily, a file cannot

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
ption of the problem. If you want to attach a diff or patch, or a larger makefile, that's OK. > The bug is that I set the variable 'RM' equal to the value > 'post', but it has no effect on make. That's not true. It has the same effect as setting any other var

BUG: Setting RM variable does not work

2018-05-11 Thread Jim Anderson
atch release, I would like to know about it] Thanks, Jim Anderson -- Jim Anderson jim_ander...@jjajava.com = Bug Description = The bug is that I set the variable 'RM' equal to the value 'post',

[bug #45211] Add option to MAKEFLAGS (How to set RM variable?)

2015-05-29 Thread Martin Dorey
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #45211 (project make): The claim being, I presume, that the second RM='' should either be RM='rm -f' or RM='rm', the latter only being the case if changing MAKEFLAGS takes effect implausibly quickly. It's the former with a Debian Whe

[bug #45211] Add option to MAKEFLAGS (How to set RM variable?)

2015-05-29 Thread anonymous
URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45211> Summary: Add option to MAKEFLAGS (How to set RM variable?) Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Птн 29 Май 2015 10:51:16 Severity: 3 - Normal Item

Re: rm

2004-10-13 Thread Ted Stern
On 13 Oct 2004 at 04:15 PDT, Kukuk Barbara wrote: > Hi > rm -f *.o doesn't work within my makefile. What is wrong? > > rm has the version 4.1. Make has the version 3.79.1 > > Thanks for your help. > > Barbara Kukuk Could you provide more specifics please? What operat

rm

2004-10-13 Thread Kukuk Barbara
Hi rm -f *.o doesn't work within my makefile. What is wrong? rm has the version 4.1. Make has the version 3.79.1 Thanks for your help. Barbara Kukuk ___ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make

Re: unexpected rm

2002-02-17 Thread Paul D. Smith
unction, am> i use everywhere the variable $(RM) = rm -f am> typing am> make clean am> make xtest am> causes nevertheless a am> rm test.o am> why, bug? Without seeing the makefile I can't be completely sure, but I'll bet that test.o is being considered an in

Re: unexpected rm

2002-02-16 Thread Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-
x-gnu > > i wrote a little Makefile > i have two files test.cc, xtest.cxx > > where xtest.cxx contains the main function, > i use everywhere the variable $(RM) = rm -f > > typing > make clean > make xtest > > causes nevertheless a > rm test.o > > why

unexpected rm

2002-02-16 Thread andre maute
hello make team i use linux 2.4.16, gcc 2.95.2 make -v GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Built for i686-pc-linux-gnu i wrote a little Makefile i have two files test.cc, xtest.cxx where xtest.cxx contains the main function, i use everywhere the variable $(RM