Re: Makefile bug in generating mh-loaddefs.el?

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

[from the make manual]
>> `make' will do this if `.DELETE_ON_ERROR' appears as a
>> target.  This is almost always what you want `make' to do, but it is
>> not historical practice; so for compatibility, you must explicitly
>> request it.

Another typical, and portable, approach is to create a temporary file
and then 'mv' it to the correct name at the end of the rule.

Tom