Follow-up Comment #6, bug #17752 (project make):
I tend to agree, my change caused quite a few regressions according to the
GNU make documentation. However, I also don't think the original 3.80 behavior
is correct. That "ought to exist" is a misnomer. Who said that just because a
file is made a p
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #27047 (project make):
You can get the desired behavior using the second expansion feature (note
$$):
.SECONDEXPANSION:
all:test1001.out
foo:
@echo making foo
test1%.out: TEST=foo
test%.out: $${TEST}
@echo making test$*.out with TEST=${T
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #27047 (project make):
Fails in the sense that applying `make' to
++
all:test1001.out
foo:
@echo making foo
test1%.out: TEST=foo
test%.out: ${TEST}
@echo making test$*.out with TEST=${TEST}
--
produces
+
making test1001.out with TEST=f
