[perl #134361] [PATCH] $(MINIPERL_EXE) shouldn't be required toexist for "rm"

Hi,

Oh, I see what you mean, thanks! That's strange then, I will have to do some more research on why the build failed on my end then. Will update once I know more.

Best,
-- Hauke D

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 23:22:11 -0700, tonyc wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 23:19:58 -0700, haukex@zero-g.net wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > $ man rm
> >        -f, --force
> >               ignore nonexistent files and arguments, never prompt
> > $ rm doesnotexist ; echo $?
> > rm: cannot remove 'doesnotexist': No such file or directory
> > 1
> > $ rm -f doesnotexist ; echo $?
> > 0
> >
> > It's the nonzero exit code that causes `make` to think the build step
> > failed. Or am I misunderstanding you?
> 
> -@rm \$(MINIPERL_EXE)
> 
> The "-" at the front of the recipe means that the exit code of rm is
> ignored.  (The @ means the command isn't echoed.)
> 
> From the GNU make documentation:
> 
> To ignore errors in a recipe line, write a '-' at the beginning of
> the line's text (after the initial tab).  The '-' is discarded before
> the line is passed to the shell for execution.
> 
> For example,
> 
> clean:
>         -rm -f *.o
> 
> This causes 'make' to continue even if 'rm' is unable to remove a
> file.
> 
> Tony

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• [perl #134361] [PATCH] $(MINIPERL_EXE) shouldn't be required toexist for "rm" by Hauke D via RT
• [perl #134361] [PATCH] $(MINIPERL_EXE) shouldn't be required toexist for "rm" by Tony Cook via RT