Re: problem with double colon rules

[Paul D. Smith]

The behavior with "../bb" is correct; it's the behavior of "aa" which is
wrong.  The manual says:

     If the makefiles specify a double-colon rule to remake a file with
  commands but no prerequisites, that file will always be remade (*note
  Double-Colon::).

This has been fixed in the latest source for GNU make; it works for me:

  $ make aa
  touch aa

  $ make aa
  touch aa

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