URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19113>
Summary: cannot self-remake makefile starting with './'
Project: make
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Tuesday 02/20/2007 at 20:39 UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Bug
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Component Version: 3.81
Operating System: POSIX-Based
Fixed Release: None
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Details:
for a makefile foo (see attached), the makefile will not be updated before
being run if prefixed with a ./
To duplicate:
* run the attached foo script from the current directory using "./foo"
* or run "make -f ./foo"
To see the expected behavior:
* run "make -f foo"
this was discovered when trying to make a self-executing makefile which
starts with "#!/usr/bin/make -f"
This also happens (not unexpectedly) when running "make -f ./foo"
The bug does not occur, however, when running "make -f foo" (without the
preceding ./)
The bug does also not apply to included makefiles, whether prefixed with ./
or not. All included makefiles appear to be updating correctly. This was
tested by including a (nonexistent) makefile bar which is made as part of the
MAKEFILE_LIST target
The attached makefile uses the MAKEFILE_LIST variable to guarantee that the
target will be the name of the invoked makefile. the targets foo and ./foo
can also be defined and the bug will still be apparent.
The MAKEFILE_LIST targets were specified as PHONY to guarantee that the
makefile gets updated.
Running on Kubuntu 6.10, GNU Make 3.81, built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
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