[bug #16051] Non-existent prerequisites are not included in $?

[Paul D. Smith]

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                 Summary: Non-existent prerequisites are not included in $?
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: psmith
            Submitted on: Thu 03/09/06 at 20:55
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
       Component Version: 3.80
        Platform Version: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

A file which does not exist is always considered out of date (note .PHONY or
FORCE targets).  However, make doesn't include them in the $? list.

This was fixed on 3 Jan 2006, but the fix showed up an error in the Linux
kernel build system (see bug #16002).  In order to give them time to clean up
I'm reverting this change for one release.  I'm adding this bug as a
placeholder for the next release.

The fix is commented out in remake.c:update_file_1().






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