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Misleading "--debug=w" output for phony target


From: Frank Heckenbach
Subject: Misleading "--debug=w" output for phony target
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 14:45:16 +0100

% cat Makefile
.PHONY: a
a: b; :
% touch b; touch a; make --debug=w
Makefile:2: update target 'a' due to: b
:

Of course, make should remake a, but not due to b but because it's phony.



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