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Re: False positive "doesn't match the target pattern" error


From: Dmitry Goncharov
Subject: Re: False positive "doesn't match the target pattern" error
Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 11:48:31 -0400

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 11:36 AM Alejandro Colomar
<alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
>  Why does make(1) need to special-case a leading ./ ?

If your makefile has a rule like
foo.x: foo.z; cp $< $@
then make foo.x and make ./foo.x both produce the same file.

regards, Dmitry



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