[bug #58734] gmake does not check for the existence of a file before complaining it is missing

[Jörg Schilling]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58734>

                 Summary: gmake does not check for the existence of a file
before complaining it is missing
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: schily
            Submitted on: Wed 08 Jul 2020 02:59:25 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: None
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

A file that has been created by a program that has more than one output file
is not handled correctly by gmake.

Depending on how the rules are written, either the program is run twice or a
depending rule that needs the created file incorrectly complains that the file
does not exist.

gmake should check for the time stamp of a file whenever it actually needs the
file and believes it does not exist or is outdated.




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