From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:51:04 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] Makefile: add the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag
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.