possible bug with order rules

[Noel Yap]

I'm getting the following output:


$ ls -ld ../install/common/.
drwxr-x---    5 yapn     morgan         96 Nov  9 16:52 ../install/common/./


$ ls -ld ../install/common/make/.:
ls: ../install/common/make/.\:: No such file or directory


$ cat mf2
install.DIR := ../install

$(install.DIR)/common/%/.: | $(install.DIR)/common/.
        @echo building $(@): $(^)

$(install.DIR)/%/.:
        @echo building $(@): $(^)


$ gmake -f mf2 ../install/common/make/.
building ../install/common/make/.: ../install/common/.

I would expect the rule not to have been triggered.

When I do a "gmake -npqr" on it, I see:

# Implicit Rules

../install/common/%/.: ../install/common/.
#  commands to execute (from `mf2', line 4):
        @echo building $(@): $(^)


Note that the order dependency rule became a normal dependency.

If I switch the two rules, everything works fine:

$ cat mf1
install.DIR := ../install

$(install.DIR)/%/.:
        @echo building $(@): $(^)

$(install.DIR)/common/%/.: | $(install.DIR)/common/.
        @echo building $(@): $(^)


$ gmake -f mf1 ../install/common/make/.
gmake: `../install/common/make/.' is up to date.


Any ideas?

Thanks,
Noel