> Yikes, why would you come to that?
> 
> > Additional to second line "|| { rm -f $@
> ...}" ensure that in case of 
> > some failure no target file remain. So wrong /
> incomplete file can't 
> > be occassionly used.
> 
> Here's a similar version that is
> functionality-equivalent:
> 
> all: figure1_fixed.eps
> 
> %_fixed.eps: %.eps
> [tab] # rm -f $@
> [tab] eps2eps $< $@
> 
> gmake deletes failed products of failed automatic targets
> that are in 
> the middle of a chain.
But it may not be in the middle of the chain.

> 
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