[bug #21984] make detects circular dependency when there is none

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: make detects circular dependency when there is none
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tuesday 01/08/2008 at 21:08 UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: CVS
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

When running make with the makefile

VPATH := /etc
default: alpha beta
/etc/gamma:
.SECONDARY:
alpha: gamma
beta: gamma

it detects a circular dependency that does not exist:

make: Circular beta <- gamma dependency dropped.
make: Nothing to be done for `/etc/default'.

Obviously dropping this dependency is a problem for the correctness of the
build.




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