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POGNU make Not Deleting Intermediate Files
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copied!<p>My makefile is as follows:</p> <pre><code># The names of targets that can be built. Used in the list of valid targets when no target is specified, and when building all targets. TARGETS := libAurora.a libAurora.so # The place to put the finished binaries. TARGET_DIRECTORY := ./Binaries # The compiler to use to compile the source code into object files. COMPILER := g++ # Used when compiling source files into object files. COMPILER_OPTIONS := -I. -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -g -O4 # The archiver to use to consolidate the object files into one library. ARCHIVER := ar # Options to be passed to the archiver. ARCHIVER_OPTIONS := -r -c -s SOURCE_FILES := $(shell find Source -type f -name *.cpp) OBJECT_FILES := $(SOURCE_FILES:.cpp=.o) .PHONY: Default # The default target, which gives instructions, can be called regardless of whether or not files need to be updated. .INTERMEDIATE: $(OBJECT_FILES) # Specifying the object files as intermediates deletes them automatically after the build process. Default: @echo "Please specify a target, or use \"All\" to build all targets. Valid targets:" @echo "$(TARGETS)" All: $(TARGETS) lib%.a: $(OBJECT_FILES) $(ARCHIVER) $(ARCHIVER_OPTIONS) $(TARGET_DIRECTORY)/$@ $(OBJECT_FILES) lib%.so: $(OBJECT_FILES) $(ARCHIVER) $(ARCHIVER_OPTIONS) $(TARGET_DIRECTORY)/$@ $(OBJECT_FILES) %.o: $(COMPILER) $(COMPILER_OPTIONS) -c -o $@ $*.cpp </code></pre> <p>As you can see, the <code>.o</code> files are specified as intermediates via the <code>.INTERMEDIATE</code> target. However, they are not deleted as expected after compilation finishes. Instead, they remain where they were created, cluttering up my source directory.</p> <p>The strange thing is that it works perfectly on another machine. This leads me to believe it's a different version of <code>make</code>, but <code>man make</code> still shows it as the "GNU make utility."</p> <p>Why won't <code>make</code> delete the intermediate files?</p> <p>EDIT: <code>make -v</code> reports version 3.81.</p> <p>EDIT: After manually deleting the <code>.o</code> files (i.e., a clean slate), <code>make All</code> produces the following output:</p> <pre><code>g++ -I. -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -g -O4 -c -o Source/File/File.o Source/File/File.cpp g++ -I. -Wall -Wextra -fPIC -g -O4 -c -o Source/Timer/Timer.o Source/Timer/Timer.cpp ar -r -c -s ./Binaries/libAurora.a Source/File/File.o Source/Timer/Timer.o ar -r -c -s ./Binaries/libAurora.so Source/File/File.o Source/Timer/Timer.o </code></pre>

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