Timeline for Make mistakenly thinks rule succeeded because of 0-sized file generated by output redirect
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| Jul 6, 2011 at 23:11 | vote | accept | Lorin Hochstein | ||
| Jul 6, 2011 at 18:58 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | The advantage of .DELETE_ON_ERROR is that it automatically applies to every rule. It has downsides though: it's specific to GNU make; it doesn't trigger if the build is interrupted violently (power failure, unmaskable signal); it removes the partial file, which can be useful in investigating failed builds. | |
| Jul 6, 2011 at 17:33 | history | edited | Michael Mrozek | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 32 characters in body |
| Jul 6, 2011 at 17:27 | history | answered | Michael Mrozek | CC BY-SA 3.0 |