Fixed Savannah bug #12267.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-03-10  Boris Kolpackov  <boris@kolpackov.net>
+
+	* implicit.c (pattern_search): Mark an intermediate target as
+	precious if it happened to be a prerequisite of some (other)
+	target. Fixes Savannah bug #12267.
+
 2005-03-09  Boris Kolpackov  <boris@kolpackov.net>
 
 	* main.c (main): Use o_file instead of o_default when defining

implicit.c

@@ -798,15 +798,29 @@ pattern_search (struct file *file, int archive,
 	     of F below are null before we change them.  */
 
 	  struct file *imf = d->intermediate_file;
-	  register struct file *f = enter_file (imf->name);
+	  register struct file *f = lookup_file (imf->name);
+
+          /* We don't want to delete an intermediate file that happened
+             to be a prerequisite of some (other) target. Mark it as
+             precious.  */
+          if (f != 0)
+            f->precious = 1;
+          else
+            f = enter_file (imf->name);
+
 	  f->deps = imf->deps;
 	  f->cmds = imf->cmds;
 	  f->stem = imf->stem;
           f->also_make = imf->also_make;
           f->is_target = 1;
+
+          if (!f->precious)
+            {
               imf = lookup_file (d->intermediate_pattern);
               if (imf != 0 && imf->precious)
                 f->precious = 1;
+            }
+
 	  f->intermediate = 1;
 	  f->tried_implicit = 1;
 	  for (dep = f->deps; dep != 0; dep = dep->next)

tests/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-03-10  Boris Kolpackov  <boris@kolpackov.net>
+
+	* scripts/features/patternrules: Add a test for Savannah bug #12267.
+
 2005-03-09  Boris Kolpackov  <boris@kolpackov.net>
 
 	* scripts/variables/DEFAULT_TARGET: Add a test for Savannah

tests/scripts/features/patternrules

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ $description = "Test pattern rules.";
 
 $details = "";
 
+use Cwd;
+
+$dir = cwd;
+$dir =~ s,.*/([^/]+)$,../$1,;
+
+
 #  TEST #1: Make sure that multiple patterns where the same target
 #           can be built are searched even if the first one fails
 #           to match properly.
@@ -63,5 +69,31 @@ foo.in: ; @:
 foo.out');
 
 
+# TEST #3: make sure intermidite files that also happened to be
+#          prerequisites are not removed (Savannah bug #12267).
+#
+run_make_test('
+$(dir)/foo.o:
+
+$(dir)/foo.y:
+	@echo $@
+
+%.c: %.y
+	touch $@
+
+%.o: %.c
+	@echo $@
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: $(dir)/foo.c
+
+',
+"dir=$dir",
+"$dir/foo.y
+touch $dir/foo.c
+$dir/foo.o");
+
+unlink("$dir/foo.c");
+
 # This tells the test driver that the perl test script executed properly.
 1;