Re: Minor Unexpected Output

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:14:15 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.devel
Organization UCLA Computer Science Department
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.=C2=A0 Stop.
> gmake: Leaving directory '/tmp'
>=20
> I have no makefiles in /etc or /tmp. This was just a test.
>=20
> Why isn't a similar message printed about /etc?

Presumably 'make' optimized away the need to enter and leave /etc.=20
(Sounds like a win to me, as 'make' chatters too much about directories.)