Re: ^c now disallowed? (was Re: "cd dir && $(MAKE)", not "cd dir; $(MAKE)")

DJ Delorie
2002-12-27T20:46:53Z

> To me there are legitimate reasons why a developer would want
> "make ; ^c ; make" to work.

I agree.

> If by "key files" you mean "the target of the rule" I _think_ we're ok.

I'm thinking that some rules might alter non-target files (like
config.cache for configure), which might cause problems.