RE: [openssl.org #2988] Makefiles should (usually) remove target before re-generating

2013-02-17 Thread Salz, Rich
Yes, it predates the latest release. I thin in general it's like a makefile hygiene thing -- if files are read-only, but can be created, then the target needs to be removed first. -- Principal Security Engineer Akamai Technology Cambridge, MA :��IϮ��r�m (Z+�7�zZ)���1���x

RE: [openssl.org #2988] Makefiles should (usually) remove target before re-generating

2013-02-17 Thread Salz, Rich via RT
Yes, it predates the latest release. I thin in general it's like a makefile hygiene thing -- if files are read-only, but can be created, then the target needs to be removed first. -- Principal Security Engineer Akamai Technology Cambridge, MA

RE: [openssl.org #2988] Makefiles should (usually) remove target before re-generating

2013-02-14 Thread Salz, Rich via RT
We extract a tarball and make everything read-only. Sometimes an item in the distribution gets re-made. This can fail because of permissions. So, on platforms where this would happen, we'd like to remove the file first. I wasn't advocating to remove them from the distro, I understand we need

RE: [openssl.org #2988] Makefiles should (usually) remove target before re-generating

2013-02-13 Thread Salz, Rich via RT
Unfortunately some platforms can't automatically build the files e.g. WIN32, VMS. Okay, so those targets shouldn't get invoked? Or are you saying that you WANT the build to fail on those platforms? # objects.pl both reads and writes obj_mac.num obj_mac.h: objects.pl objects.txt