Re: Regression in make 3.81, still present in rc2

2006-03-30 Thread Bertrand Mollinier Toublet
Paul D. Smith wrote: I believe your problem is related to this bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=15110 If you agree, it would be good to add your example as a note to that bug so that, when we try to fix it, we can include that as a test case. Paul, agree

[bug #15110] Confusing failure message for generate dependencies with 3.81beta3

2006-03-30 Thread Bertrand Mollinier Toublet
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #15110 (project make): Paul Smith tells me that the problem I am reporting on the bug-make mailing list is linked to this one, and I would tend to agree. Another (simpler?) test case for this issue is as follows: $ cat Makefile .SUFFIXES: -include baz foo: ; touch $@

Re: Regression in make 3.81, still present in rc2

2006-03-30 Thread Paul D. Smith
I believe your problem is related to this bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=15110 If you agree, it would be good to add your example as a note to that bug so that, when we try to fix it, we can include that as a test case. --

Regression in make 3.81, still present in rc2

2006-03-30 Thread Bertrand Mollinier Toublet
Hello, I have identified what I think is a regression in make 3.81*. I just verified it to still be present in rc2. I have searched the open bugs and the mailing list archive, but have not found references to a similar issue. If they exist, can you please point them out to me :-) Now to the

Re: mixed implicit rules problem

2006-03-30 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Thank you Paul - perfect hit! > However, this cannot work. See the GNU make Manual, section "Chains of > Implicit Rules" in the chapter "Implicit Rules": > No single implicit rule can appear more than once in a chain. This > means that `make' will not even consider such a ridiculous thing

Re: mixed implicit rules problem

2006-03-30 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Yaroslav Halchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> However, this cannot work. See the GNU make Manual, section "Chains of >> Implicit Rules" in the chapter "Implicit Rules": >> No single implicit rule can appear more than once in a chain. This >> means that `make' will not even conside