[bug #40657] Suffix rules and prerequisites

[Paul D. Smith]

Update of bug #40657 (project make):

              Item Group:           Documentation => Bug                    
           Triage Status:                    None => Medium Effort          

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Follow-up Comment #1:

I think this is actually a bug, not a documentation error.  Or I guess, it
could also be a documentation error, depending on how the bug is resolved.

It should not be the case that a suffix rule with a prerequisite creates both
a pattern rule (without an extra prerequisite) AND an explicit rule named for
the suffix (with a prerequisite).  That is bogus.

It should create either one or the other.

My inclination is to follow the documentation and keep the explicit rule and
not create a pattern rule any longer.

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