If the user accidentally uses ; instead of : $ cat Makefile m;groups.html;w3m -cols=999 -dump $? g:g.xq; basex $?
The erroneous line produces nary a warning, and we proceed to execute something else. $ make -n basex g.xq Yes maybe the first line means something arcane. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make