Le 17 juin 2012 à 09:41, Stefano Lattarini a écrit : >> Why such an extension? >> > It was already in the pre-existing code.
Yes, I know. > And about the reason it was there, > I guess it was to cater to systems with 8+3 filenames (e.g., DJGPP on DOS), I guessed too :) > where one can't have file names with "two or more extensions" (like > 'config.h.in' or, in this case, foo.html.tmp). > >> [email protected] looks more readable. >> > Or ever '$@-t', for consistency with other rules. I don't like this use of -t instead of an extension such as .tmp, but I don't care much. > But I guess such changes > are better done in a later refactoring, to rationalize the names/location of > temporary files. WDYS? Yes, of course. I was commenting the code more than the patch per se, but I do mean to suggest changes. > >>> then \ >>> rm -rf $@; \ >>> ## Work around a bug in Texinfo 4.1 (-o foo.html outputs files in foo/ BTW, looks like something we can get rid of. >>> -- >>> 1.7.9.5 >>> >>> >> > > Regards, > Stefano
