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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 29, 2021, 23:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpmzhfr65.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87a6qlmt9f.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>

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

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> Even if it's not available in all versions that's OK. You just won't get
> the nicer removal behavior on on error on such a jurassic gmake, but
> you'll probably have way bigger issues with your late-90s-era software.
>
> It's not a syntax error on a gmake or other make that doesn't know about
> it either, i.e. you can also add a target like:
>
>     .THIS_DOES_NOT_EXIST_AS_A_GMAKE_FEATURE:
>
> And gmake willl happily ignore it.

What I meant was that I would not tolerate "cc -o x+ && mv x+ x", but I do not mind DELETE_ON_ERROR with "cc -o x" at all.

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