Re: Possible GNU Make bug

[Paul D. Smith]

%% David Buehler <address@hidden> writes:

  db> I'm expecting this makefile to echo "mylib", but it echos
  db> "Makefile" then "mylib"... perhaps there's something esoteric
  db> going on that I haven't figured out from the documentation.

The latter :).

Check the GNU make manual section "How Makefiles are Remade", in
particular the second paragraph.  Because you have a match-anything
rule, that is forced, your makefile will try to be remade every time.

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