[bug #43550] Compiling files in a directory with the same name as the source code fails

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43550>

                 Summary: Compiling files in a directory with the same name as
the source code fails
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 06 Nov 2014 06:30:44 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 3.81
        Operating System: Any
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

:: Software ::
Debian 3.14 Kali
OS 10.10 Yosemite
Mint 17
Make 3.81

:: Steps to reproduce ::
1. Create a directory called foo.
2. Create a file with in directory foo called foo.cpp.
3. Create a Makefile foo's parent directory with these contents
all: foo

foo:
        g++ ./foo/foo.cpp -o ./foo/foo
4. Run make in foo's parent directory.

:: Actual Behavior ::
Running `make` reports "Nothing to be done for all". Running `make foo`
reports that "Foo is up to date". Nothing gets compiled.

:: Expected Behavior ::
Make should compile foo.cpp or produce some sort of error message if it can't
compile foo.cpp.




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File Attachments:


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Date: Thu 06 Nov 2014 06:30:44 PM UTC  Name: Makefile  Size: 48B   By: None
Example files that were mentioned in the report.
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=32380>
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Date: Thu 06 Nov 2014 06:30:44 PM UTC  Name: foo.cpp  Size: 90B   By: None
Example files that were mentioned in the report.
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=32381>

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