RE: [PATCH] Makefile: add and use the ".DELETE_ON_ERROR" flag

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> @@ -2243,7 +2253,6 @@ SCRIPT_DEFINES = $(SHELL_PATH_SQ):$(DIFF_SQ):$(GIT_VERSION):\
>  	$(gitwebdir_SQ):$(PERL_PATH_SQ):$(SANE_TEXT_GREP):$(PAGER_ENV):\
>  	$(perllibdir_SQ)
>  define cmd_munge_script
> -$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
>  sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
>      -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
>      -e 's|@@DIFF@@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \

Any reason why the same isn't done for the $(BUILT_INS) target?

> @@ -2514,7 +2522,6 @@ endif
>  ifeq ($(GENERATE_COMPILATION_DATABASE),yes)
>  all:: compile_commands.json
>  compile_commands.json:
> -	@$(RM) $@
>  	$(QUIET_GEN)sed -e '1s/^/[/' -e '$$s/,$$/]/' $(compdb_dir)/*.o.json > $@+
>  	@if test -s $@+; then mv $@+ $@; else $(RM) $@+; fi
>  endif

What about these?

  $(REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES):
  $(LIB_FILE):
  $(XDIFF_LIB): 
  $(ETAGS_TARGET):
  tags:
  cscope:

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Felipe Contreras