[bug #65759] handling of "-" and "--" on command line

[Paul D. Smith]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #65759 (group make):

Yes it is a valid filename but the problem, as pointed out in the original
description, is that make doesn't treat it that way.  At least not all the
time.  It appears that the code wants to treat it as if you'd used "-f-" but
it doesn't appear to work correctly.  I do agree that this behavior is
duplicative and unpleasant.

For example:

$ make x
make: *** No rule to make target 'x'.  Stop.

but:

$ make -
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.




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