On Thu, 2016-10-06 at 10:26 -0700, Kyle Rose wrote: > all: $(addprefix target,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) > @echo glob: $(wildcard target*) > > target%: > touch $@ > > To wit: > > $ make > touch target1 > touch target2 > touch target3 > touch target4 > touch target5 > touch target6 > touch target7 > touch target8 > touch target9 > touch target10 > glob:
You should include the version of GNU make that you're using; my version works as expected: $ make --version GNU Make 4.2.1 $ make touch target1 touch target2 touch target3 touch target4 touch target5 touch target6 touch target7 touch target8 touch target9 touch target10 glob: target3 target10 target9 target8 target7 target6 target5 target1 target2 target4 What you're seeing is definitely a bug. > Why not refresh the cache when the directory's mtime has changed? Because not all systems have the same rules for directory mtime as POSIX does, so that's not a reliable/portable indicator. There's no question the caching needs to be improved. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
