GNU make 3.79.1, bug(?)

[Carlo Wood]

Having the following targets:

tst_%_static.o: libcwd.tst/%.cc Makefile $(top_builddir)/include/libcwd/*.h
        $(CXXCOMPILE) -DSTATIC -c $< -o $@

tst_%.o: libcwd.tst/%.cc Makefile $(top_builddir)/include/libcwd/*.h
        $(CXXCOMPILE) -c $< -o $@

tst_dlopen_static: tst_dlopen_static.o $(top_builddir)/.libs/libcwd.a
        $(CXXLINK) $< -o $@ $(STATICLIBS)

tst_%_static: tst_%.o $(top_builddir)/.libs/libcwd.a
        $(CXXLINK) $< -o $@ $(STATICLIBS)


Typing 'make tst_dlopen_static' works as expected (uses -DSTATIC),
but typing 'make /home/carlo/c++/libcwd/testsuite/tst_dlopen_static'
in the same directory (/home/carlo/c++/libcwd/testsuite) results
in using tst_%_static: as target, and thus compiles without
-DSTATIC.

I fail to see the rationale behind that - I think that make should
not be influenced by a path that may or not may be prepended to a
target if that target is a file.  In both cases it is the same file,
and thus the same target, and thus the same rules should apply.

Regards,

-- 
Carlo Wood <address@hidden>