[bug #60904] More accurate description of intermediate files

[Paul D. Smith]

Update of bug #60904 (project make):

  Status:None => Fixed  
 Assigned to:None => psmith 
 Open/Closed:Open => Closed 
   Fixed Release:None => SCM
   Triage Status:None => Small Effort   

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Follow-up Comment #1:

I make slightly different wording to make this explicitly clear.

Thanks!

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[bug #60904] More accurate description of intermediate files

[Dmitry Goncharov]

Additional Item Attachment, bug #60904 (project make):

File name: sv_60904_doc_clarify_intermediate.diff Size:1 KB
   




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[bug #60904] More accurate description of intermediate files

[Dmitry Goncharov]

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 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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