RE: bash and make are trapped in an endless loop

["Ross Boulet" <ross@rossb.com>]

> ----Original Message----
> >From: Christian Matuszewski
> >Sent: 27 June 2005 12:42
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > if i start a fresh cygwin shell and I enter an asterisk
> at the prompt:
> > $ *
> > then nothing happens. That's OK, although one could
> expect a message like:
> > "bash: *: command not found".
> >
> > But when i execute the following Makefile:
> > foo:
> >     *
> >
[ ...snip...]
> >
> > and then make stays in an endless loop which prints
> lines
> > y
> > y
> > y
> > ...
> > to stdout
> >
> > When i then kill make with Ctrl-C and enter the asterisk
> in the command
> > line, I have the same behaviour, i. e. executing '*'
> will give the same
> > messages and ends in an endless loop.
> 
>   WDDTT!
> 
Maybe it's just Monday and I'm brain dead, but I couldn't
find WDDTT in the OLOCA or elsewhere.  Could someone please
enlighten me?

Thanks