Re: aCC link options

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> The opinions on this matter are certainly not unanimous.
> On the one hand, there is the issue you mention that re-make thinks the
> target is up-to-date, although it isn't (it exists but is result of a
> failed link, and does not have execute permission).  On the other hand,
> a link may take a long time, and the output file from a failed link may
> give useful clues as to the problem a programmer may encounter.

Regardless of possible value for debugging, leaving a broken target 
behind which influences the next build attempt is clearly wrong 
behavior.  A goal of autotools should be to obtain consistent behavior 
in an inconsistent world.  Leaving stray files behind represents 
inconsistent behavior which should be rectified.

Bob
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