Hi everyone,
I found that something strange happened to the -n flag from version
3.80: it doesn't show what really make does.
Let me know if it's just a misinterpretation of a feature, and in that
case sorry, or if it's a small bug.
I've attached the minimum Makefile and a README with all the details, as
the documentation says.
Thank you very much and.. I would like to say to all the gnu people that
they're doing a really great work!!
Bye bye,
Matteo Ciucci
#
# this Makefile shows a bug(?) in flag -n of make-3.80
# try make first, then make -n to watch it
# Matteo Ciucci - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#
speak :: a
echo a
speak :: b
echo b
Version used: GNU Make 3.80
Type of machine: x86
Operating system: linux
Problem: flag -n doesn't show what make does
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In an empty dir, create the two files:
matteo$touch a b
Here's the problem:
matteo$make -n
echo a
matteo$make
echo a
a
echo b
b
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I think I should get something like:
echo a
echo b
With my system administrator, we saw that make's data base is uncomplete:
matteo$make -p|grep echo
echo a
echo b
matteo$make -p -n|grep echo
echo a
and that GNU make-3.79 doesn't have this problem.
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Last but not least, thank you very much to everybody!
Bye bye,
matteo
matteo ciucci - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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20052 Monza (MI)
Italy
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