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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
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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> 
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