Follow-up Comment #3, bug #65759 (group make): Yes it is a valid filename but the problem, as pointed out in the original description, is that make doesn't treat it that way. At least not all the time. It appears that the code wants to treat it as if you'd used "-f-" but it doesn't appear to work correctly. I do agree that this behavior is duplicative and unpleasant.
For example: $ make x make: *** No rule to make target 'x'. Stop. but: $ make - make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65759> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/