[gnu.utils.bug] Bug or misfeature in make 3.27

jonas@sisug.sisu.se (Jonas Olsson) (01/20/89)

I have problems with makefiles containing target begining with '../'
/bin/make evaluates them as expected, but gnu make 3.27 ignores them, see
example below. This is on a Sun 3/60 SunOS 3.5
	/Jonas Olsson (jonas@sisug.sisu.se)

Script started on Fri Jan 20 10:29:25 1989
(jonas@sisug) 20 % ls
Makefile	apa.c		ut
(jonas@sisug) 21 % cat Makefile
../bin/apa: apa.o
	${CC} -o ../bin/apa apa.o
(jonas@sisug) 22 % make -n -v
GNU Make version 3.27, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

make: no goal target.  Stop.
(jonas@sisug) 23 % /bin/make -n
cc  -c apa.c
cc -o ../bin/apa apa.o
(jonas@sisug) 24 % exit
(jonas@sisug) 25 % 
script done on Fri Jan 20 10:30:50 1989