[bug #41417] \* in a prerequisite matches \* as well as *

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: \* in a prerequisite matches \* as well as *
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sat 01 Feb 2014 05:35:19 AM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.0
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

In a prerequisite, the manual states that an asterisk can be escaped with a
backslash to suppress globbing. However, \*.o also matches \*.o, as well as
the expected *.o.

This means that make cannot handle asterisks in filenames reliably.




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