On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 13:20:23 +0200 SF Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > It would have been generated if you would have called make with a > > command like: > > elfring@Sonne:~/Projekte/Bau> LANG=C make --no-builtin-rules -f > ../rule-check2.make MOTD.log make: *** No rule to make target > 'MOTD.log'. Stop. > > My pattern example does not work with the current make software in the > way I hoped would be occasionally convenient. No it does not. Did you read my entire previous answer? >>> and if you had a rule to build MOTD.log ... >>> In fact, there is no rule at all for MOTD.txt as your rule for >>> MOTD%.txt has a pattern which must match a none empty string. regards Henrik _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make