change in behavior of make from 3.80 to 3.81

Mon Aug 14 19:08:00 GMT 2006

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 02:41:36PM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote:
>On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 02:28:56PM -0400, Bill Hoffman wrote:
>>3.80 does this:
>>>>make -f test.make
>>make: *** No rule to make target `C:/foo', needed by `foo'. Stop.
>>>>>>3.81 does this:
>>make -f test.make
>>test.make:1: *** target pattern contains no `%'. Stop. 
>>>>test.make contains:
>>foo: C:/foo 
>>>>So, in 3.80 windows style driver letter : path worked with make. In
>>3.81, it no longer does. Is this expected, can the old way be brought
>>back?
>>Yes, unfortunatly it no longer works in 3.81. However, I think it's
>good we all let the Cygwin guys know that this patch actually was
>useful.

Actually, it isn't "good" at all. It's just irritating.
cgf
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