Nmake output rules are limited to 1 depth

Question

I noticed that nmake.exerestricting the search for my output rule to one missing file. I do not mention the problem on the Internet. Am I missing something?

$ cat makefile
.SUFFIXES: .a .b .d .e

all: abc.e

.ab:
        copy $ ** $ @

.bd:
        copy $ ** $ @

.de:
        copy $ ** $ @

$ touch abc.a

$ nmake
NMAKE: fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'abc.e'
Stop

$ nmake -n abc.a
'abc.a' is up-to-date

$ nmake -n abc.b
        copy abc.a abc.b

$ nmake -n abc.d
NMAKE: fatal error U1073: don't know how to make 'abc.d'
Stop

The same Makefile does the following with GNU make:

$ make -n 
copy abc * abc.b
copy abc * abc.d
copy abc * abc.e
rm abc.b abc.d

Of course, the $**macro team is copynot that useful at GNU make either; ;-)

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Answer 1

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