Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] Makefile: add the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 29, 2021, 18:51 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqblb1kd47.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <patch-4.6-2ff6359c273-20210329T161723Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> Use the GNU make ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag.

Yay!

With versions of $(MAKE) where this feature is available, it is far more preferrable to use it than "generate into temporary and rename to the final" dance.

We do require / depend on GNU but I do not offhand know if this is available in all versions that still matter. If we know we can assume the presence of this feature the I do not mind if we jump directly to this step without those "do the same for $(CC)" steps (which I deem crazy) before it.

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