David Boyce (9 June 2020 15:10_ > I'm not saying this should be considered a bug but it's at least an > "interesting result".
Indeed ! I presume the workaround is TGTDATE := $(shell date) $(TARGETS): DATE := $(TGTDATE) at the slightly annoying price of calling the command once even if making some target *not* in the TARGETS list. Eddy.