[bug #47163] description of ifdef directive behavior

URL: Summary: description of ifdef directive behavior Project: make Submitted by: srivasta Submitted on: Mon 15 Feb 2016 04:12:42 PM CST Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group:

recipe failed message even if ignored

Hi Paul - With the two line Makefile, x: -false running make 4.1 results in Makefile:2: recipe for target 'x' failed make: [x] Error 1 (ignored) When an error is ignored, I think showing the "recipe failed" message is wrong -- it didn't fail. At least, I certainly don't want to see