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From: cohesive!kla!serendip!pat@SUN.COM (Pat Lashley)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: stdin binding in make 3.44
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Date: 4 Apr 89 00:47:37 GMT
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Using GNU make 3.44 on a sun386i (OS 4.0.1) with the following makefile;
the first line echos "TRUE", the second echos "FALSE".  I assume that this
is related to the parallel execution option; but an explicit `make -j1'
has no affect on the output.

-------------------------- Makefile -------------------------------------
test:
	if /bin/test -t 0 ; then echo "TRUE" ; else echo "FALSE" ; fi
	if /bin/test -t 0 ; then echo "TRUE" ; else echo "FALSE" ; fi --------------------------- output --------------------------------------
pat@serendip.760: make -v   
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.
 
if /bin/test -t 0 ; then echo "TRUE" ; else echo "FALSE" ; fi
TRUE
if /bin/test -t 0 ; then echo "TRUE" ; else echo "FALSE" ; fi
FALSE
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