ptw@vaxine.UUCP (P. T. Withington) (02/24/84)
The augmented make that came with sysIII (and V?) has some built-in rules of the form: .c~.c: $(GET) $(GETFLAGS) -p $< > $*.c which have the unfortunate consequence of clobbering a file you have out for editing any time someone touches the s. file (e.g., makes a branch, does an admin). Can anyone explain the rationale for "-p >"? Is this soley to support makes in remote directories? Couldn't the same effect be had by: .c~.c: cd $(*D); $(GET) $(GETFLAGS) $$old/$(<F) (The old is superfluous if your get knows where to look to get things.) -ptw