%% Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  ms> zircon$ make -f ''
  ms> make: file.c:57: lookup_file: Assertion *name != '\0'' failed.
  ms> Aborted (core dumped)

  ms> Clearly passing in an empty string as the filename is an error, but
  ms> I think it should be reported to the user in a more friendly manner
  ms> than by dumping core with an assertion failure...

  ms> In contrast:
  ms> zircon$ make -C ''
  ms> make: *** : No such file or directory.  Stop.

This bug has been fixed in the source for GNU make.  The fix will be
available in the next release.

Thanks for your report!

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