Re: make -dn still thinks it "Successfully remade" something

[Paul D. Smith]

%% address@hidden (Dan Jacobson) writes:

  dj> $ cat makefile
  dj> qq:
  dj>   date
  dj> $ make -dn qq
  dj> ..Must remake target `qq'.
  dj> date
  dj> Successfully remade target file `qq'.
  dj> ===========
  dj> Comment: no it didn't.  I used -n.  It still says "Successfully
  dj> remade" anyway.  Sure, maybe in its little mind it Successfully remade
  dj> something, but not in the real world.

I'm not interested in adding to the complexity of the output code for
this very minor thing by changing what is printed based on whether the
user gave -n or not.

If this is important to you please provide a patch.

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