make does not recognize dependencies of the target .DEFAULT

[Rex, Sören]

Hi folks,
 
make does not recognize dependencies of the target ".DEFAULT".
Have look a this makefile snippet:
 
# does not make bla when making foo
#
.DEFAULT : bla
        @echo "making .DEFAULT : $@"
 
# makes bla when making foo
#%: bla
#       @echo "making .DEFAULT : $@"
 
bla:
        @echo "making bla"
 
$> make foo
making .DEFAULT : foo
 
Moving the comments from the everything matching rule to .DEFAULT gives:
$> make foo
making bla
making .DEFAULT : makefile
making .DEFAULT : foo
 
Is it a bug or a feature ?
 
Sören
 
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