[bug #59399] Expanding implicit macros in gmake (enhancement request)

[Jörg Schilling]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59399>

                 Summary: Expanding implicit macros in gmake (enhancement
request)
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: schily
            Submitted on: Mon 02 Nov 2020 01:36:37 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
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           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

POSIX mentions that the special make macros '$*' and '$<' only need to be
defined with implicit rules.

smake for this reason and because it's internal structure does not allow it,
does not expand $* or $< and prints a warning if these macros are encountered
in explicit rules.

SunPro Make expands these implicit macros, using an internal algorithm.

gmake also expands these implicit macros but uses a completely different
algorithm to get the values that by chance may give the same result as you get
from SunPro Make, but this may differ.

How about adding a warning to gmake if these macros are encountered with
explicit rules in order to warn users that they are writing or using a
non-portable makefile?





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