Re: [PATCH v1] libacpi: use temporary files for generated files

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/10/2020 10:37, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.10.2020 11:27, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> Am Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:16:04 +0100
>> schrieb Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>> This pattern is used when a rule consists of multiple commands
>>> having their output appended to one another's.
>> My understanding is: a rule is satisfied as soon as the file exists.
> No - once make has found that a rule's commands need running, it'll
> run the full set and only check again afterwards.

It stops at the first command which fails.

Olaf is correct, but the problem here is an incremental build issue, not
a parallel build issue.

Intermediate files must not use the name of the target, or a failure and
re-build will use the (bogus) intermediate state rather than rebuilding it.

~Andrew