Re: "make multiple target patterns": make doesn't tell what these patterns are

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 09:23 +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> When there's something going wrong in the makefile causing a "make
> multiple target patterns", make doesn't tell you what these multiple
> targets are.
> That is inconvenient when working with e.g. scriptfiles that select targets.
> Also -d doesn't give this output.

I grepped the entire GNU make source code for the message "make multiple
target patterns" and didn't find it.

Can you be more specific about the problem?  A small simple makefile
that illustrates it, along with the command you invoked, the output you
got (all cut/pasted please) and why you feel this output is wrong or
insufficient would be best.

Cheers!

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