From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org> Aaron Ecay points out in id:"1324136185-4509-1-git-send-email-aaronecay@gmail.com" that the mktemp in debian-snapshot: TMPFILE := $(shell mktemp) Is being evaluated for every target. As best I can tell, this is because make is evaluating the right hand side, even though it is not doing the assignment. Of course, it isn't quite as nice to edit with the line continuations, but it is ideomatic make. --- Makefile.local | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile.local b/Makefile.local index 5108a0c..97f397f 100644 --- a/Makefile.local +++ b/Makefile.local @@ -139,15 +139,16 @@ pre-release: mv $(TAR_FILE) $(DEB_TAR_FILE) releases .PHONY: debian-snapshot -debian-snapshot: TMPFILE := $(shell mktemp) debian-snapshot: make VERSION=$(VERSION) clean - cp debian/changelog $(TMPFILE) - EDITOR=/bin/true dch -b -v $(VERSION)+1 -D UNRELEASED 'test build, not for upload' - echo '3.0 (native)' > debian/source/format - debuild -us -uc - mv -f $(TMPFILE) debian/changelog - echo '3.0 (quilt)' > debian/source/format + TMPFILE=$$(mktemp /tmp/notmuch.XXXXXX); \ + cp debian/changelog $${TMPFILE}; \ + EDITOR=/bin/true dch -b -v $(VERSION)+1 \ + -D UNRELEASED 'test build, not for upload'; \ + echo '3.0 (native)' > debian/source/format; \ + debuild -us -uc; \ + mv -f $${TMPFILE} debian/changelog; \ + echo '3.0 (quilt)' > debian/source/format .PHONY: release-message release-message: -- 1.7.7.3