no error message if use '-include' of non-existent file and then set it as dependance

[Yaroslav Sokolov]

Hello,
I watched the next feature:
If I use '-include <non-existent_file>' and then
set this <non-existent_file> as dependence to building target,
the make exits with error code 2 but without any textual error
message.

I found it in GNU Make version 3.79.1.

How to repeat:

#!/bin/sh
cat <<EOF >Makefile
-include not_existent_file
all: not_existent_file ; echo MAKING
EOF

then run 'make' - no output,
run 'echo $?' - output:
2

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                                        Yaroslav M. Sokolov