Re: [bug #65759] handling of "-" and "--" on command line

[Paul Smith]

On Mon, 2024-05-20 at 07:25 +0200, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2024 18:02:45 -0400 (EDT)
> > Many programs use a single dash to mean "read from stdin" but make
> > doesn't
> > do this.
> 
> Yes, it does:
> 
> -8<----------------------------------------
> nazgul:/tmp> make -f -

Yes, if you give -f (which means read from a makefile) then use "-" as
the filename it will read from stdin.

But, if you just use "make -" (without -f) then it won't read from
stdin.