[bug #59399] Add a warning about using $* and $< in explicit rules

2020-12-01 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #59399 (project make): The output about "entering directory" is definitely important and it's certainly not confusing. The output is used by (at least) Emacs's compile mode to allow it to track and correctly manage output, so it can understand the current working directo

[bug #59399] Add a warning about using $* and $< in explicit rules

2020-12-01 Thread Jörg Schilling
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #59399 (project make): I would love to see gmake to avoid unneeded and confusing output. I however see tons of messages like 'entering directory..' and similar. If you like to see these kind of messages, I would expect that people need to use a related option to enable t

[bug #59399] Add a warning about using $* and $< in explicit rules

2020-11-30 Thread Paul D. Smith
Update of bug #59399 (project make): Status:None => Wont Fix Open/Closed:Open => Closed Summary: Expanding implicit macros in gmake (enhancement request) => Add a warning about u