Re: Clarification: deleting intermediate files

[Boris Kolpackov]

Ken Smith <address@hidden> writes:

> > This could be a bug. test.dvi is the target that triggers
> > the rule. So perhaps the also_makes targets (%.aux %.log %.out) are
> > not properly checked for intermediateness. I've fixed quite a few
> > bug in the also_makes logic where properties that got set for
> > primary target were forgotten about when it came to also_makes
> > targets.
>
> So do you believe that these files *should* be marked as intermediate?

I think they definitely should in your case. The tricky part is to figure
out all other cases when they should or shouldn't.

> If so, then this would have to be a bug since they are not being so
> marked.  I'm fine using .INTERMEDIATE: for now but should I log this in
> Savannah?

Yes, please.

-boris