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

Late to the party, but here's another solution that worked with our quirky build environment:

if exist *.exe rm -f *.exe

Not output free, but reduced and exits cleanly:

# make clean
        if exist *.exe rm -f *.exe

I tried a lot of alternatives that all had issues before settling on this one.