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Fix a regression in mydad9cd7d51(Makefile: move ".SUFFIXES" rule to shared.mak, 2022-03-03). As explained in the GNU make documentation for the $* variable, available at: info make --index-search='$*' This rule relied on ".texi" being in the default list of suffixes, as seen at: make -f/dev/null -p | grep -v -e ^# -e ^$|grep -F .SUFFIXES The documentation explains what was going on here: In an explicit rule, there is no stem; so '$*' cannot be determined in that way. Instead, if the target name ends with a recognized suffix (*note Old-Fashioned Suffix Rules: Suffix Rules.), '$*' is set to the target name minus the suffix. For example, if the target name is 'foo.c', then '$*' is set to 'foo', since '.c' is a suffix. GNU 'make' does this bizarre thing only for compatibility with other implementations of 'make'. You should generally avoid using '$*' except in implicit rules or static pattern rules. If the target name in an explicit rule does not end with a recognized suffix, '$*' is set to the empty string for that rule. I.e. this rule added back in5cefc33bff(Documentation: add gitman.info target, 2007-12-10) was resolving gitman.texi from gitman.info. We can instead just use the more obvious $< variable referring to the prerequisite. This was the only use of $* in our Makefiles in an explicit rule, the three remaining ones are all implicit rules, and therefore didn't depend on the ".SUFFIXES" list. Reported-by: Adam Dinwoodie <adam@dinwoodie.org> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> Tested-by: Adam Dinwoodie <adam@dinwoodie.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
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- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks