Re: my favorite bug :-)

[Werner LEMBERG]

Hello David and Masamichi!


>> I've meant using option `-c' of the compiler.
> 
> Uh, removing the actual end product of a command would be sort of
> strange, wouldn't it?

Yes.  But sometimes there are Makefile rules that remove intermediate
files.

>> BTW, if you specify option `-o', does gcc create an intermediate
>> file `gega.o' that overwrites another file `gega.o' in the
>> compilation directory?
> 
> address@hidden:/tmp$ touch gega.o
> address@hidden:/tmp$ gcc -o gega gega.c
> address@hidden:/tmp$ ls -l gega.o
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 dak dak 0 May  1 16:46 gega.o
> 
> No.  It is a safe bet that there _are_ intermediate files, but
> they'll likely end up somewhere on /tmp or similar.

Thanks for confirmation.  The suggestion is to let lilypond do the
same.


    Werner