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Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invo
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David A. Wheeler |
Subject: |
Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:14:20 -0400 |
> On Mar 18, 2022, at 2:03 PM, Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 17:48 +0000, Martin Dorey wrote:
>> Maybe putting it in the form of a patch on the latest git source will
>> help it over the finish line:
>
> I'm OK with adding some short text about this into the man page. As
> David mentions it may be important enough to do that since command
> being run by make even when the user gives "-n" could give unexpected
> or even unpleasant consequences.
It's also a potential security problem. Someone who runs "make -n" and
expects *nothing* to be run (other than make) will NOT get what they expect.
Hinting, in the man page, that some statements *are* run seems appropriate...
and if we can be specific without a lot of text, even better.
> However, in general I want to be clear that the man page is not, and is
> not intended to be, user documentation. It's a reference page.
I agree. But adding 1-2 sentences seems reasonable.
--- David A. Wheeler
- GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Ambrus Sumegi, 2022/03/17
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Martin Dorey, 2022/03/17
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Paul Smith, 2022/03/17
- RE: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Ambrus Sumegi, 2022/03/18
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, David A. Wheeler, 2022/03/18
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Martin Dorey, 2022/03/18
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Paul Smith, 2022/03/18
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Gisle Vanem, 2022/03/18
- Re: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations,
David A. Wheeler <=
RE: GNU Make bug report: broken dry-run functionality with sub-make invocations, Ambrus Sumegi, 2022/03/21