[bug #24487] "foo" should not be identified with "./foo" if foo is phony

[Paul D. Smith]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #24487 (project make):

The documentation for .PHONY states (
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Phony-Targets.html ):

_The implicit rule search (see Implicit Rules) is skipped for .PHONY targets.
This is why declaring a target as .PHONY is good for performance, even if you
are not worried about the actual file existing._

This explains all the later commentary regarding declaring targets that match
pattern rules to be phony... that's documented, expected behavior and a
fundamental feature of using .PHONY.

If you want to force a target to always be rebuilt via a pattern rule, you
should use the force target method as described:
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Force-Targets.html

However, I want to say that creating match-anything patterns as shown in the
comments below is generally not a good idea: it often causes performance
issues.

The original question, which is not related to any of these other comments,
still remains.

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