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make-3.54 bug

#90
From: Steven Grady
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1989 02:21
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"gnumake -p -f /dev/null" to print out the database no longer works:

    % make -p -f /dev/null
    # GNU Make version 3.54, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
    # Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    # This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
    # There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
    # PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    make: no goal target.  Stop.

Apparently, you actually have to make something for the print to work.

	Steven
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From: grady@fxgrp.fx.com (Steven Grady)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: make-3.54 bug
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Date: 29 Jun 89 02:21:58 GMT
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