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From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Date: Tue,  9 Oct 2012 10:02:54 +0200
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Subject: [9fans] mk: the `D' attribute
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why is the `D' attribute (`If the recipe exits with a non-null status, =
the=20
target is deleted.') optional and not default behavior? in what cases d=
oes=20
leaving half-made files make sense?

GNU make's manual states, ``This [[removal of target on error]] is almo=
st=20
always what you want `make' to do, but it is not historical practice; s=
o for=20
compatibility, you must explicitly request it''. is `mk' about backward=
=20
compatibility just as well?

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dexen deVries

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