[Bug 1667821] [NEW] load target breaks make

[J.J. Green]

Public bug reported:

With the following Makefile:

--

load : hello

hello :
	echo "all is well"

--

the commands "make", "make hello", "make load" result in error with
message

  Makefile:1: :: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  Makefile:1: *** :: failed to load. Stop.

this minimal example extracted from a Makefile with a load target which has
been used weekly for 10+ years. 

$ make --version
GNU Make 4.1
Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Licence GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description:	Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
Release:	18.1

$ apt-cache policy make
make:
  Installed: 4.1-6
  Candidate: 4.1-6
  Version table:
 *** 4.1-6 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: make-dfsg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  load target breaks make

Status in make-dfsg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  With the following Makefile:

  --

  load : hello

  hello :
  	echo "all is well"

  --

  the commands "make", "make hello", "make load" result in error with
  message

    Makefile:1: :: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    Makefile:1: *** :: failed to load. Stop.

  this minimal example extracted from a Makefile with a load target which has
  been used weekly for 10+ years. 

  $ make --version
  GNU Make 4.1
  Built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
  Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  Licence GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
  This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Linux Mint 18.1 Serena
  Release:	18.1

  $ apt-cache policy make
  make:
    Installed: 4.1-6
    Candidate: 4.1-6
    Version table:
   *** 4.1-6 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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