How to avoid “No such file or directory” Error for `make clean` Makefile target

Question

I have a Makefile that defines a .PHONY clean target for cleaning up .o files and executables, that target looks like:

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.PHONY : clean
clean:
    rm $(add         


        

Answer 1

Use rm -f (or even better $(RM), provided by built-in make rules, which can be found out using make -p) instead of rm in your cleanrule.