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Date: Thu,  3 Feb 2011 10:37:39 +0000
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From: roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] HELP: recoving important header file rudely clobbered
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On 3 February 2011 10:23, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, can anyone explain this?
> term% mk -f foo.mk x.y z.w
> echo making x.y
> making x.y
> echo making z.w
> making z.w
> echo making command line arguments
> making command line arguments
> term%

yes, it's because of this:
	/* fake a new rule with all the args as prereqs */

you're not supposed to have a metarule with a target
that matches "command line arguments"!