Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!killer!tness7!texbell!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: make 3.05 dies with too many arguments Message-ID: <8244@bigtex.uucp> Date: 20 Sep 88 05:09:00 GMT Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 19 If make is called with five or more arguments, it dumps core. Switches don't count towards the total of five. The following is in a directory that doesn't have a makefile or any named file. /tmp> make abc def ghi jkl make: *** No way to make file `abc'. Stop. /tmp> make abc def ghi jkl mno Memory fault - core dumped /tmp> make -n abc def ghi jkl make: *** No way to make file `abc'. Stop. /tmp> make -n abc def ghi jkl mno Memory fault - core dumped /tmp> make CC=gcc abc def ghi make: *** No way to make file `abc'. Stop. /tmp> make CC=gcc abc def ghi jkl Memory fault - core dumped /tmp> -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!uunet!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746