Noticed the regression on lowdown-0.10.0 upstream package.
Here is a complete trigger:
$ printf 'all:\n\techo $(CC)' | make -sf -
[good] GNU make 4.3 works as expected:
$ printf 'all:\n\techo $(CC)' | make -sf -
cc
[bad] GNU make from git loops indefinitely in re-execution:
$ printf 'all:\n\techo $(CC)' | ./make -sf -
<hung>
Curiously space separation workaround is enough to
get the result:
$ printf 'all:\n\techo $(CC)' | ./make -s -f -
cc
Bitsect points at commit 7c4e6b0299 "[SV 60595] Restart
whenever any makefile is rebuilt".
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Sergei