Make bug

[Ed Gould]

> I recently found the following bug (feature?) in System 3, 5, OSx Make
> in the following shell script:
> 
> cat <<'!' >make.tmp
> MAIN:
> 	echo *
> !
> make -f make.tmp
> make -f - <make.tmp
> 
> The outputs on all my systems (4.1, SysV, OSx) in empty directories were:
> 
> echo *
> make.tmp
> echo *
> *
> 
> Is this an obscure and useful feature the value of which I
> fail to understand or appreciate?
> -- 
> David Tilbrook		{inset, root44, mcvax, qtlon}!ist!dt
> Imperial Software Technology, London England

I get the following on 4.2bsd, using the 4.2 make and also Doug Gwyn's
System V make (/usr/5bin/make).  Note that since I generated this
with "script" the file "typescript" also appears.  (Editing to change
the ../xx file is omitted.)

	(ed) mtxinu> cat ../xx
	cat <<'!' >make.tmp
	MAIN:
		echo *
	!
	make -f make.tmp
	make -f - <make.tmp
	(ed) mtxinu> /bin/sh ../xx
	echo *
	make.tmp typescript
	echo *
	make.tmp typescript
	(ed) mtxinu> cat ../xx
	cat <<'!' >make.tmp
	MAIN:
		echo *
	!
	/usr/5bin/make SHELL=/bin/sh -f make.tmp
	/usr/5bin/make SHELL=/bin/sh -f - <make.tmp
	(ed) mtxinu> /bin/sh ../xx
		echo *
	make.tmp typescript
		echo *
	make.tmp typescript
	(ed) mtxinu>

I guess it's fixed here!

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