Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:15:06 -0500 (CDT) | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.11pre4 |
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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::.
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