Re: [PATCH] Check .exe as well when a target does not exist on OS/2

[KO Myung-Hun]

Hi/2.

Paul Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-01-13 at 22:27 +0900, KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>> This pattern is usually used on UNIX. However, on OS/2, gcc creates
>> foo.exe not foo when an extension is not present, and Make check foo
>> only. Therefore Make tries to build foo whenever called.
> 
> I don't think I like this change.  I understand its usefulness but in
> general make never tries to manipulate the target names like this.  If
> users want to create a file named "foo.exe" they should use that as the
> target name.
> 
> I get that it's super-annoying that when you ask GCC to build a file
> named "foo" via "-o $@" it will actually create a file named "foo.exe"
> instead, but I think that's something that makefile authors will have
> to deal with, rather than make.
> 

I agree. But as you said, it's true that it's far less burden to porters.

> What do you do in situations where there are targets for BOTH "foo" and
> "foo.exe" in the makefile?  Then when you want to build "foo" it may
> decide that it's up to date, because it sees the "foo.exe" file
> instead.

In this case, Make should not find "foo.exe" for "foo" target. I willing
to modify my patch for this.

Thanks!

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