[Swan-dev] [Swan] converting Pluto externs to file-statics, and more

[Mike Gilbert]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:06 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh at mimosa.com> wrote:
> I don't know where the rm comes from.  I couldn't find it in our
> makefiles.  Perhaps a built-in make rule.  For me, it would be
> convenient to suppress it.

I believe make is treating the .o files as "intermediate files". See
the manual section below.

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Chained-Rules.html