From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD9071F5AF for ; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:59:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230223AbhC2X7I (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:59:08 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:64212 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229555AbhC2X6o (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:58:44 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56981C70E7; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:58:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=914tHo9qsBGj HSAtWDXQYmyoMAM=; b=kD+UgTOk08kQlNw2rojtWwjSbOpW0ey302yhqX4pBK/5 PkrOw+x20Fnj9nf0dGcDSzf+Livm9svb+I8irJN0gKvnhB6Ur79Xb4YDIaTFQvqx UMwwXwqga9jhyE8h8ZQsiNVPCxPFGdW2qpFo2+q7weSdUHEwx1HBg7u1SnmTI0U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=K8VDDW Xv4nWPDEQL1BgIDeWKLvCNU2J/C93tbKfzotr2QfwD/pPaLcKeff8H/9PFyN9tyK 99ICG3ZNbtuArm227uwEh1ERQUDewg3wafAp1dTpoLh9SgLZEM40RlUs1VrJ67jh R1jzBUwfVxGdTSKUEHT6S7t2uh2YvbLHfFNrk= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E02FC70E6; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:58:43 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C6BD3C70E5; Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:58:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King , Johannes Schindelin , Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] Makefile: add the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag References: <20210307132001.7485-1-avarab@gmail.com> <87a6qlmt9f.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:58:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: <87a6qlmt9f.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOGdmFyIEFy?= =?utf-8?B?bmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Tue, 30 Mar 2021 01:31:40 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: B0D30BBC-90EA-11EB-9457-D152C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason writes: > Even if it's not available in all versions that's OK. You just won't ge= t > the nicer removal behavior on on error on such a jurassic gmake, but > you'll probably have way bigger issues with your late-90s-era software. > > It's not a syntax error on a gmake or other make that doesn't know abou= t > it either, i.e. you can also add a target like: > > .THIS_DOES_NOT_EXIST_AS_A_GMAKE_FEATURE: > > And gmake willl happily ignore it. What I meant was that I would not tolerate "cc -o x+ && mv x+ x", but I do not mind DELETE_ON_ERROR with "cc -o x" at all.