Bug#311786: blocked? "missing debian/rules targets to cause lintian error"

[Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>]

Regarding these bugs:

  #311786: "lintian should definitely put an error for missing
  debian/rules targets"

merged with

  #88021: "[new check (checks/rules?)] Ensure that debian/rules is a
  makefile and parse for common problems"

Marc says:

  Due to a problem with make -n (and recursive $(MAKE) calls), this
  check has been postponed to a later release.

What is the problem with make -n?  Is it fixed?  Is the bug documented
on Debian BTS?

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Justin