RE: Possible out of order execution of pre-requisite targets in 3.82

2012-04-03 Thread Brown, Ruben
ate_x: prerequisite @echo X=$(X) @ private_x prerequisite: @echo X=$(X) @ prerequisite -Original Message- From: Paul Smith [mailto:psm...@gnu.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 8:15 AM To: Brown, Ruben Cc: bug-make@gnu.org Subject: Re: Possible out of order execution of pr

Re: Possible out of order execution of pre-requisite targets in 3.82

2012-04-03 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 23:13 -0400, Brown, Ruben wrote: > Is this behavior by design or an unfortunately long lived bug? If it > is by design, what purpose does maintaining this behavior serve? > > ***Makefile*** > .PHONY: all A B > all: A > VAR := 0 > A: B > A: VAR:= 1 > B: > @echo VAR=$(VAR