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Diffstat (limited to 'make.texinfo')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 7bbd1d2..d6434cb 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -2396,10 +2396,11 @@ these commands executed on its behalf. @xref{Implicit Rule Search, The targets which @code{.PRECIOUS} depends on are given the following special treatment: if @code{make} is killed or interrupted during the execution of their commands, the target is not deleted. -@xref{Interrupts, ,Interrupting or Killing @code{make}}. -Also, if the target is an intermediate file, it will not be deleted -after it is no longer needed, as is normally done. -@xref{Chained Rules, ,Chains of Implicit Rules}. +@xref{Interrupts, ,Interrupting or Killing @code{make}}. Also, if the +target is an intermediate file, it will not be deleted after it is no +longer needed, as is normally done. @xref{Chained Rules, ,Chains of +Implicit Rules}. In this latter respect it overlaps with the +@code{.SECONDARY} special target. You can also list the target pattern of an implicit rule (such as @samp{%.o}) as a prerequisite file of the special target @code{.PRECIOUS} @@ -2423,8 +2424,9 @@ The targets which @code{.SECONDARY} depends on are treated as intermediate files, except that they are never automatically deleted. @xref{Chained Rules, ,Chains of Implicit Rules}. -@code{.SECONDARY} with no prerequisites marks all file targets mentioned -in the makefile as secondary. +@code{.SECONDARY} with no prerequisites causes all targets to be treated +as secondary (i.e., no target is removed because it is considered +intermediate). @findex .DELETE_ON_ERROR @item .DELETE_ON_ERROR @@ -6829,7 +6831,7 @@ space-separated. @table @code @item a (@i{all}) -All types of debugging output is enabled. This is equivalent to using +All types of debugging output are enabled. This is equivalent to using @samp{-d}. @item b (@i{basic}) |