make doesn't take the shortest stem

[Meir BENAYOUN]

Item: Bug

Privacy: Public

Component Version: 3.81

Operating System: POSIX-based

When several pattern rules match a target, the one with the shortest stem should be used as stated in the documentation:

https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Match.html

However, the following Makefile does not behave as expected:

aaa%:

@echo "long stem $*"

aaa%2:

@echo "short stem $*"

$ make aaa12

long stem 12

I would have expect:

$ make aaa12

short stem 1

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