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From: wgb@tntdev.tnt.com (William G. Bunton)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Make 3.45 not removing temporaries
Message-ID: <8904111644.AA20565@tntdev.tnt.COM>
Date: 11 Apr 89 16:44:16 GMT
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This is on 386/ix 2.0.1. Make was compiled with gcc 1.34 using COFF
encapsulation.

Given the following Makefile, make 3.45 should remove a.o before
terminating: 

---------- cut here ----------
#
# make should remove a.o after updating the library, but it doesn't
#

LIB=test.a

OBJS=$(LIB)(a.o)

$(LIB): $(OBJS)

---------- cut here ----------

As you can see from the following, a.o remains after make is done.

---------- begin script ----------
ksh1 [445]$ cd tmp
ksh1 [446]$ ls -l
total 6
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          120 Apr 11 09:15 Makefile
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          135 Apr 11 09:11 Makefile~
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt            6 Apr 11 09:12 a.c
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          332 Apr 11 09:12 a.o
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          608 Apr 11 09:12 test.a
ksh1 [447]$ rm a.o
ksh1 [448]$ touch a.c
ksh1 [449]$ make
cc    -c a.c 
ar rv test.a a.o
r - a.o
ksh1 [450]$ ls -l
total 6
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          120 Apr 11 09:15 Makefile
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          135 Apr 11 09:11 Makefile~
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt            6 Apr 11 09:16 a.c
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          332 Apr 11 09:16 a.o
-rw-r--r--   1 wgb      tnt          608 Apr 11 09:16 test.a
ksh1 [451]$ 
---------- end script ----------

Bill
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