On Tue, Oct 8, 2024 at 7:16 PM Dan Jacobson <jida...@jidanni.org> wrote: > > Manual says: > > You can list the target pattern of an implicit rule (such as '%.o') > as a prerequisite of the special target '.PRECIOUS' to preserve > intermediate files made by implicit rules whose target patterns match > that file's name; see *note Interrupts::. > > Well say which of > .PRECIOUS: %.o > .PRECIOUS: *.o > .PRECIOUS: file.o > will actually work. > > The words above make the reader think they should use the first form. > > But in my experiments, only this last one works. > > So please mention that in the manual.
Ideally the others would trigger a warning or error also. Britton
