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Subject: Gnu make 3.44 incompatibility
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Date: 27 Mar 89 21:33:36 GMT
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I found a Makefile (in the X distribution) where $*.c was used in
a non-pattern rule. Though gross, it works in "standard" Ultrix
make, though it doesn't work for GNU make. A simplified version
is shown below.
        --Per Bothner
Western Software Lab, Digital Equipment, 100 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto CA 94301
bothner@wsl.dec.com ...!decwrl!bothner

gilroy/test:41>rm foo.o
gilroy/test:42>cat Makefile
foo.o: foo.c
        cc -c -g $*.c
gilroy/test:43>~/bin/make -v foo.o
GNU Make version 3.44, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

cc -c -g .c
gilroy/test:44>/bin/make foo.o
cc -c -g foo.c