unexpected behaviour with match anything rule

[Warlich, Christof]

Hi,

please consider the following Makefile:

t1: ; @echo specific rule for target $@
ifeq (,$(UNEXPECTED))
   %: ; @echo expected anything rule for target $@
else
   %: all ;
   all: ; @echo unextected anything rule for target $@
endif

I very much like its behaviour in the ifeq clause, as only the most specific 
rule is executed:

$ make t1
specific rule for target t1

$ make t2
expected anything rule for target t2

But its behaviour in the else clause seems to be rather unexpected to me:

$ make UNEXPECTED=true t1
unextected anything rule for target all
specific rule for target t1

$ make UNEXPECTED=true t2
unextected anything rule for target all
make: `t2' is up to date.

Can anyone help? I'd like to see the same output in both cases, if possible. Or 
is the
current behaviour intended?

Cheers,

Chris