Subject: bin/15164: sub-optimal handling of .PHONY targets in make(1)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/07/2002 13:44:20
>Number:         15164
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sub-optimal handling of .PHONY targets in make(1)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 07 04:46:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Kranenburg
>Release:        NetBSD-current Jan 6, 2002
>Organization:
	
>Environment:
	
>Description:
	targets marked as .PHONY are still processed by the directory
	lookup and the suffix rules mechanisms resulting in truely
	phony stat(3) calls.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Look at the output of `make -dds'
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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