A question on implicit rules

[Paolo Gai]

Hi,

I noted the following behavior on GNU Make version 3.79.1, is it
correct?

- Case 1
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The makefile is:

begin----------------------------
A%: B/C%D
        @echo A$*
 
B/C%D:
        @echo B/C$*D
end----------------------------

and the output is:

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address@hidden pj]$ make A2
B/C2D
A2
address@hidden pj]$
--------------------

- Case 2
---------------------------------------
The makefile is:

begin----------------------------
A%: B/C%D
 
B/C%D:
        @echo B/C$*D
end----------------------------

and the output is:

--------------------
address@hidden pj]$ make A2
make: *** No rule to make target `A2'.  Stop.
address@hidden pj]$
--------------------

What I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for all,

Paolo


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