Is this a make bug or a make feature?

[Joseph S. D. Yao]

> > 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".

If it is, it's a fairly common bug.  Many (perhaps older) versions of
make do the same.  Support for SCCS didn't really appear until System
III.

	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy at seismo.{ARPA,UUCP}