make: set $< and $* for target rules

POSIX only requires $< and $* to be set for inference rules, not
target rules.

As an extension allow them to be set for target rules, as in
GNU make.  This may or may not be useful.

In POSIX mode, when $< and $* are only set for inference rules,
they're set to an empty string for target rules.  This avoids
the possibility of stale values being used.

Adds 64-80 bytes.

(GitHub issue #407)

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/make.tests b/testsuite/make.tests
index fdbb4ccfc..5119a77d3 100755
--- a/testsuite/make.tests
+++ b/testsuite/make.tests
@@ -540,6 +540,19 @@ bar:
         @echo $(BAR)
 '
 
+# $* and $< are supported for target rules
+mkdir make.tempdir && cd make.tempdir || exit 1
+touch src.c src.h
+testing 'make support $* and $< for target rules' \
+        "make -f -" "src.c src.h\nsrc.o\nsrc\nsrc.c\n" "" '
+src.o: src.c src.h
+        @echo "$?"
+        @echo "$@"
+        @echo "$*"
+        @echo "$<"
+'
+cd .. || exit 1; rm -rf make.tempdir 2>/dev/null
+
 # An empty original suffix indicates that every word should have
 # the new suffix added.  If neither suffix is provided the words
 # remain unchanged.