bug in make 3.79.1 linux, case-insensitivity

[John Bartelt]

One of our users brought this problem to my attention.  The problem
occurs on linux (RedHat 6.2) but not on solaris.  I have not tried
any other architectures.  Nor does it exist in 3.78.1.

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address@hidden $ uname -a
Linux noric05 2.2.16-3smp #1 SMP Mon Jun 19 19:00:35 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
address@hidden $ gmake -v
GNU Make version 3.79.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for i686-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
        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.

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.

address@hidden $ ls
C.h  GNUmakefile  b.h
address@hidden $ cat GNUmakefile 
##### Fake GNUmakefile
allcaps  = $(wildcard [A-Z]*.h)
allsmall = $(wildcard [a-z]*.h)
allall   = $(wildcard [A-Za-z]*.h)

list :
        @echo allcaps  $(allcaps)
        @echo allsmall $(allsmall)
        @echo allall   $(allall)
#####
address@hidden $ gmake list
allcaps b.h C.h
allsmall b.h C.h
allall b.h C.h
address@hidden $ make -v
GNU Make version 3.78.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
        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.

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.

address@hidden $ make list
allcaps C.h
allsmall b.h
allall C.h b.h

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Note the (g)make 3.79.1 lists both upper and lowercase names for 
all three list commands.  Version 3.78.1 correctly distinguishes them.

John



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John Bartelt                             address@hidden
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