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". -- Sergei