This diff is taken from git:

https://github.com/scfc/gnumake/commit/d952d36acf66398b7fe1e3efa15af73add937ecb

minus changes in the 'Changelog' files which don't apply cleanly to our sources

and it fixes Savannah bug 32511

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?32511

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog

index 2345823..e2a9786 100644

diff --git a/remake.c b/remake.c

index 669eadc..5526624 100644

--- a/remake.c

+++ b/remake.c

@@ -1534,8 +1534,7 @@ library_search (const char *lib, FILE_TIMESTAMP *mtime_ptr)

   unsigned int liblen;

   /* Information about the earliest (in the vpath sequence) match.  */

-  unsigned int best_vpath, best_path;

-  unsigned int std_dirs = 0;

+  unsigned int best_vpath = 0, best_path = 0;

   char **dp;

@@ -1554,6 +1553,7 @@ library_search (const char *lib, FILE_TIMESTAMP *mtime_ptr)

       static char *buf = NULL;

       static unsigned int buflen = 0;

       static int libdir_maxlen = -1;

+      static unsigned int std_dirs = 0;

       char *libbuf = variable_expand ("");

       /* Expand the pattern using LIB as a replacement.  */

diff --git a/tests/scripts/features/vpath3 b/tests/scripts/features/vpath3

index 978c5ee..c6ede28 100644

--- a/tests/scripts/features/vpath3

+++ b/tests/scripts/features/vpath3

@@ -1,50 +1,35 @@

-#                                                                     -*-perl-*-

+#                                                                    -*-perl-*-

 $description = "Test the interaction of the -lfoo feature and vpath";

 $details = "";

-open(MAKEFILE,"> $makefile");

-

-# The Contents of the MAKEFILE ...

-

-print MAKEFILE "vpath %.a a1\n";

-print MAKEFILE "vpath %.so b1\n";

-print MAKEFILE "vpath % a2 b2\n";

-print MAKEFILE "vpath % b3\n";

-print MAKEFILE "all: -l1 -l2 -l3; \@echo \$^\n";

-

-# END of Contents of MAKEFILE

-

-close(MAKEFILE);

-

-mkdir("a1", 0777);

-mkdir("b1", 0777);

-mkdir("a2", 0777);

-mkdir("b2", 0777);

-mkdir("b3", 0777);

-

-@files_to_touch = ("a1${pathsep}lib1.a",

-		   "b1${pathsep}lib1.so",

-		   "a2${pathsep}lib2.a",

-		   "b2${pathsep}lib2.so",

-		   "lib3.a",

-		   "b3${pathsep}lib3.so");

+my @dirs_to_make = qw(a1 b1 a2 b2 b3);

+for my $d (@dirs_to_make) {

+    mkdir($d, 0777);

+}

+my @files_to_touch = ("a1${pathsep}lib1.a",

+                      "a1${pathsep}libc.a",

+                      "b1${pathsep}lib1.so",

+                      "a2${pathsep}lib2.a",

+                      "b2${pathsep}lib2.so",

+                      "lib3.a",

+                      "b3${pathsep}lib3.so");

 &touch(@files_to_touch);

-&run_make_with_options($makefile,"",&get_logfile);

-

-# Create the answer to what should be produced by this Makefile

-$answer = "a1${pathsep}lib1.a a2${pathsep}lib2.a lib3.a\n";

-

-if (&compare_output($answer,&get_logfile(1)))

-{

-  unlink @files_to_touch;

-  rmdir("a1");

-  rmdir("b1");

-  rmdir("a2");

-  rmdir("b2");

-  rmdir("b3");

+run_make_test('

+vpath %.h b3

+vpath %.a a1

+vpath %.so b1

+vpath % a2 b2

+vpath % b3

+all: -l1 -lc -l2 -l3; @echo $^

+',

+              '', "a1${pathsep}lib1.a a1${pathsep}libc.a a2${pathsep}lib2.a lib3.a\n");

+

+unlink(@files_to_touch);

+for my $d (@dirs_to_make) {

+    rmdir($d);

 }

 1;