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| -rw-r--r-- | vpath.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -370,10 +370,24 @@ selective_vpath_search (path, file, mtime_ptr) else bcopy (filename, n, flen + 1); - if (not_target) - /* Since *FILE is not a target, if the file is - mentioned in a makefile, we consider it existent. */ - exists = lookup_file (name) != 0; + /* Check if the file is mentioned in a makefile. If *FILE is not + a target, that is enough for us to decide this file exists. + If *FILE is a target, then the file must be mentioned in the + makefile also as a target to be chosen. + + The restriction that *FILE must not be a target for a + makefile-mentioned file to be chosen was added by an + inadequately commented change in July 1990; I am not sure off + hand what problem it fixes. + + In December 1993 I loosened of this restriction to allow a file + to be chosen if it is mentioned as a target in a makefile. This + seem logical. */ + { + struct file *f = lookup_file (name); + if (f != 0) + exists = not_target || f->is_target; + } if (!exists) { |