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.precious
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If a MAKE build fails, MAKE deletes the target file. The .precious
directive prevents the file deletion, which is desired for certain
kinds of targets such as libraries. When a build fails to add a module
to a library, you don't want the library to be deleted.

The syntax for .precious is:

  .precious: target [target] . . . [target]