Autodependedncy generation - problem with recommended method

[David Featherstone]

Hi

 

At the paulandlindsey website, the recommended method of autodependency generation requires that the .d dependency files be created within the same rule as that which creates the .o file.

 

A problem I had with this method was that because the .d file is not the rule’s target, gmake will not automatically delete this file when gmake is interrupted [e.g. CTRL-C]. The result was that my team members so frequently got truncated/corrupted .d files that I was forced to provide a separate rule for .d files.

 

I would like to revert to the recommended method for autodependency generation, but only if there would be some way to force the deletion of non-targets when rule execution is interrupted. Any suggestion?

 

Regards,

… Dave