lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Aug]   [2]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: Linux 2.2.11pre4
On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> I wouldn't know, because it's not documented in the man-page due to the
> silly FSF hatred towards man-pages and being easy to use.

Heh. The obvious solution has always seemed to me that man(1) should be
taught about info files.

> What does .PRECIOUS do? I assume it avoids removing the file, and if so,
> yes it sounds like it would fix the issue, but it is actually officially
> documented and supported?

Says the info page:

You can list the target pattern of an implicit rule (such as `%.o') as
a dependency of the special target `.PRECIOUS' to preserve intermediate
files made by implicit rules whose target patterns match that file's name;
see *Note Interrupts::.

--
"Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:53    [W:0.143 / U:0.764 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site