URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60904>
Summary: More accurate description of intermediate files
Project: make
Submitted by: dgoncharov
Submitted on: Sat 10 Jul 2021 02:53:15 PM UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Documentation
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Component Version: SCM
Operating System: None
Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Details:
The manual states
"The first difference is what happens if the intermediate file does not exist.
If an ordinary file b does not exist, and make considers a target that depends
on b, it invariably creates b and then updates the target from b. But if b is
an intermediate file, then make can leave well enough alone."
This description can be made more accurate. The manual should explicitly state
that make can leave well enough done, if b is an intermediate file and the
target exists.
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