Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!UUNET.UU.NET!unido!isaak!einstein!luik From: unido!isaak!einstein!luik@UUNET.UU.NET (Andreas Luik) Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug Subject: GNU make-3.54 loops endless Message-ID: <8908181718.AA06298@einstein.uucp> Date: 18 Aug 89 22:15:16 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 34 X-Unparsable-Date: Fri, 18 Aug 89 19:17:58 MET DST Hello, we have a small problem with GNU make 3.54 that you may be interested in: First the output of make -v: einstein:luik(45)> gmake -v -f /dev/null GNU Make version 3.54, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath. Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Contents of Makefile: MSG = echo umu all: echo all made Makefile:: $(MSG) Call GNU make with: make MSG="" and it will loop endless (trying to update its Makefile I think). This should not happen. -- Andreas Luik I S A GmbH - Informationssysteme fuer computerintegrierte Automatisierung Azenbergstr. 35, D-7000 Stuttgart 1, West-Germany, Phone: +49-711/22769-44 Domain: luik@isaak.isa.de BITNET: luik%isaak.uucp@unido.bitnet UUCP: luik@isaak.uucp Bang: ...{uunet!unido,pyramid!iaoobel}!isaak!luik