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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
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Subject: Re: Is this a make bug or a make feature?
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 00:46:41 EDT
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> > cpp:	$(OBJS)
> > lint:	$(SRCS)
> > 
> > If the source files are kept under sccs and the .c's aren't kept around,
> > life gets difficult. Even though cpp is the target, make thinks that
> > it needs the source files since the (potential) lint target requires them.
> 
> That's a bug in your version of "make".

If it is, it's a fairly common bug.  Many (perhaps older) versions of
make do the same.  Support for SCCS didn't really appear until System
III.

	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{ARPA,UUCP}