RE: make doesn't take the shortest stem

[Martin Dorey]

Ø  short stem 1

 

That's what I see from eg make-4.1.90 from git (2014-10-05).  The NEWS file dates make-3.81 to 2006-04-01.

 

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Subject: make doesn't take the shortest stem

 

Item: Bug

Privacy: Public

Component Version: 3.81

Operating System: POSIX-based

 

When several pattern rules match a target, the one with the shortest stem should be used as stated in the documentation:

https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Pattern-Match.html

 

However, the following Makefile does not behave as expected:

 

aaa%:

            @echo "long stem $*"

 

aaa%2:

            @echo "short stem $*"

 

$ make aaa12

long stem 12

 

I would have expect:

 

$ make aaa12

short stem 1