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From: jack@stevie.cs.unlv.edu (Jack Alexander)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: gnu Make doesn't seem to work properly
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Date: 6 Jan 90 18:23:39 GMT
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gnu Make doesn't seem to handle the $? meta-sequence properly.
One section of my make look like:

	rm $?

I get:

	rm

	(rm is called with no arguments), rm complains.  Then,

	rm file1.o file2.o, etc.

	(the line was re-executed, this time with some files).

----  On another note:

currently, cc is called once for every source file, instead of all
sources needing recompilation being compiled at once (like the Makefile
called for).  Is there anyway to get it to only invoke a compile
once for all files?  Sure would be a lot quicker.

-- Jack Alexander