Make treats intermediate files specially in two ways as described here: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Chained-Rules.html#Chained-Rules
I guess this behavior doesn't apply to static pattern rules, since listing every file they apply to presumably counts as "mentioning" them as described in the above page? Unless of course one decides to put .SECONDARY: in one's Makefile. I ask because sometime long ago I decided it would be clever to use .SECONDARY: (without prereqs) in my makefiles, to avoid implicit rule intermediate products getting mysteriously deleted. Amazingly only just now did I just get burned by the fact that it makes everything .INTERMEDIATE and therefore can prevent rebuilds despite missing prereqs, even when static pattern rules are being used. But if no implicit rules, and no .SECONDARY: or .INTERMEDIATE, then no such issue, right? Thanks, Britton _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
