Subject: bin/15164: sub-optimal handling of .PHONY targets in make(1)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/07/2002 13:44:20
>Number: 15164
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sub-optimal handling of .PHONY targets in make(1)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Jan 07 04:46:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Paul Kranenburg
>Release: NetBSD-current Jan 6, 2002
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
targets marked as .PHONY are still processed by the directory
lookup and the suffix rules mechanisms resulting in truely
phony stat(3) calls.
>How-To-Repeat:
Look at the output of `make -dds'
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: