[bug #66011] dependencies after a non-existing file are silently ignored

2024-07-22 Thread Paul D. Smith
Update of bug #66011 (group make): Status:None => Not A Bug Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #4: Indeed the prerequisite

[bug #66011] dependencies after a non-existing file are silently ignored

2024-07-22 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #66011 (group make): In my case the nonexisting.h doesn't exist, because I did a refactorization that removed it, but I forgot to update the header list in the Makefile. After a while I noticed that making changes to certain headers was not a reason for recompile, and fou

[bug #66011] dependencies after a non-existing file are silently ignored

2024-07-22 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #66011 (group make): Yes; if you structure your makefile pattern rules as Dmitry suggests (which is definitely the right way to do it: you really don't want to add "extra" prerequisites to a pattern rule beyond only the exact prerequisite that its built from, such as the