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Re: Minor Unexpected Output


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Minor Unexpected Output
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:14:15 -0800
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On 1/31/22 12:05, Jon Forrest wrote:
% gmake -C /etc -C /tmp
gmake: Entering directory '/tmp'
gmake: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
gmake: Leaving directory '/tmp'

I have no makefiles in /etc or /tmp. This was just a test.

Why isn't a similar message printed about /etc?

Presumably 'make' optimized away the need to enter and leave /etc. (Sounds like a win to me, as 'make' chatters too much about directories.)



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