On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:24:15AM +1000, Kevin Ryde wrote: > Solaris 2.7 and HP-UX 10 don't think much of > > rm -f "" > > it provokes a bit of an error > > rm: cannot remove `.' or `..' > > This arises from libtool when compiling, I think due to $output_obj > being empty when -c -o works. > > This is no more than cosmetic, but perhaps cases where that might > happen should have a 2>/dev/null or similar. > > Bit silly really, the whole point of -f is to make rm shut up in the > first place.
automake uses this construction in clean rules: -test -z "$(FOO)" || rm -f $(FOO) The comment in clean.am says: ## We must test each macro because it might be empty, and an empty "rm ## -rf" command looks disturbing. Also, the Solaris 2.4 "rm" will ## return an error if there are no arguments other than "-f". Cheers, Olly _______________________________________________ Libtool mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
