> -- Subject: Re: CVS commit: basesrc/usr.bin/make
> 
> The comment in the code says:
> 
> #define OP_MADE         0x00000800  /* Assume the node is already made; even if
>                                      * it really is out of date */
> 
> So, what should .MADE really do? My .NOSUFF change only affects
> suffix lookups, does not affect the dependency graph generation/evaluation...
> If indeed .MADE does the job, I'll revert my change...

Hmm, well, you added that code some years ago:-) The actual behaviour (modulo
the `compat bug') is what's described in the man page and the commit message:
make the target but do NOT bother to re-make any of it's sources even if
those sources are out-of-date wrt. their dependencies.

So I'm assuming the above comment is not correct.