make -k ??? anyone else use this?

[mychl]

I've been busy compiling kde3 beta and there were a few parts of packages that wouldn't compile so I used make -k which means keep going when one part fails.

Anyone else use this, and what kind of ramifications are likely?

TIA

[blunt88]

This is exactly specific to your problems, but try to see what is failing, it could be missing header files. running it like
# make -k >/dev/null
this sends all the crap that runs past your screen into a black hole never to be returned. It will, however, print any error messages, you might get an idea of what is failing and why.
the >, >>, 2>, 2>>, programs are very usefull.
basically, the send the output to a file. use > and >> for standard output, and 2> and 2>> for standard error. using the one '>' replaces the file, and two '>>' appends to the end of the file
good luck