problem with target specific variable and double colon rule

[marla dahlin]

Hi,

 

I'm using make 3.79.1 on Windows 2000:

 

output of:

make -version

 

GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for i386-pc-msdosdjgpp
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
        Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.

 

To reproduce behavior:

 

Makefile

--------------------

 

a::
        echo 1
        echo $(TEST)

a::
        echo 2

        echo $(TEST)

 

testa: TEST=hi
testa: a

 

OUTPUT of

make testa

--------------------------

 

echo 1
1
echo hi
hi
echo 2
2
echo

 

I expected:

echo 1
1
echo hi
hi
echo 2
2
echo hi

hi

 

Maybe I'm just expecting the wrong thing.....  Anyway figured I'd ask.

Thanks in advance.

-Marla

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