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Article #1659"::" bug in gmake
From: ramsdell
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 18:30
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1989 18:30
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# Suspected bug in GNU Make version 3.45.
# "make all" fails with the message:
# gmake: *** No way to make target `foo.c'. Stop.
# I think it should succeed as it does when using Sun make.
# John D. Ramsdell -- June 1989.
# Note the use of "::"! Obviously, this example does not call
# for the use of "::", but it is derived from one that does.
all: foo
foo
rm foo foo.c
foo.c::
echo 'main(){ printf("Hello world.\n"); return 0; }' > $@
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!LINUS.MITRE.ORG!ramsdell From: ramsdell@LINUS.MITRE.ORG Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: "::" bug in gmake Message-ID: <8906071830.AA13363@huxley.mitre.org> Date: 7 Jun 89 18:30:17 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: ramsdell@mdf.mitre.org Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 14