Re: Makefile not rebuilt

[Alexandre Duret-Lutz]

>>> "Ilya" == Ilya N Golubev <address@hidden> writes:

 Ilya> Version: 1.8.5
 Ilya> Options: --gnu

 Ilya> Reproducing by invoking the following simple command in a subdirectory
 Ilya> under top build one.  Replacing actual value with `$(top_builddir)' in
 Ilya> output.

 bash> mv Makefile{,-b};make -f Makefile{-b,};ls -l Makefile
 Ilya> make[1]: Entering directory `$(top_builddir)'
 Ilya> make[1]: Leaving directory `$(top_builddir)'
 Ilya> ls: Makefile: No such file or directory

I can reproduce this, but I do not understand how you get down
to this.  

The above behavior occurs because Makefile does not exist; I
couldn't think of a real situation where the Makefile does not
exist and yet its rebuild rule is run from nowhere.

I assume this is just an artificial demonstration of a real
problem.  What it is?
-- 
Alexandre Duret-Lutz