[bug #51278] Support for the specification of special build properties together with each make rule

[Markus Elfring]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51278>

                 Summary: Support for the specification of special build
properties together with each make rule
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: elfring
            Submitted on: Tue 20 Jun 2017 03:30:32 PM CEST
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Enhancement
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.2.1
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

Special built-in target names
<https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Special-Targets.html> are
provided by the make software. Some of them have got special consequences on
the handling of prerequisites and targets.
* .PHONY
* .SUFFIXES
* .INTERMEDIATE
* .SECONDEXPANSION

Such names provide an interface for the specification of additional software
build properties which did not fit into traditional syntax for make rules.
I imagine that it can also become useful to specify desired extra build
settings in front of each rule directly without repeating (special) target
names.
How do you think about to add such a possibility?




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