Is this a make bug or a make feature?

Doug Gwyn <gwyn> gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA
Wed Apr 24 13:30:00 AEST 1985


> 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".



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