[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

Follow-up Comment #5, bug#63840 (group make): > Sorry for the delay in examining this bug. Thank you for looking at this. ... > However, I tend to agree with you that this is perhaps too much "inside baseball" for the default behavior. i also think, this is too much to be useful. E.g. in

[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

Follow-up Comment #4, bug#63840 (group make): Sorry for the delay in examining this bug. I understand what you are saying. A counter-argument would be that if you wanted to use "-r" and also provide match-anything rules, that you should also be assigning proper suffixes via ".SUFFIXES" to

[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #63840 (project make): I'm not sure I get the change suggested. If you use -r then you've removed all the implicit rules in the makefile, including suffix rules, and so I don't necessarily agree with the idea that even in this case we should still treat these suffixes

[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

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[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

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[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #63840 (project make): When the built-in rules are disabled, make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes. Example 1 demonstrates how a match-anything pattern rule incorrectly matches a file with the default suffix when the built-in rules

[bug #63840] make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes

URL: Summary: make allows match-anything rules to match files with the default suffixes Group: make Submitter: dgoncharov Submitted: Sun 26 Feb 2023 07:59:52 PM UTC Severity: