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No support for VPATH

In 3.0x VPATH was used to search for the source files in a given list of directories.
Consequences

Reasons why VPATH is not supported anymore
The
VPATH macro is not used in the new Make Support because of its limitations listed below.
  • not all compilers support the INHIBIT_LOCAL_INCLUDES flag

  • inconsistencies because dependencies may be incorrectly resolved

  • builds take longer

Dummy rule for check_vpath