jm> I've been trying to build GNU mailutils for Debian inside
jm> svn-buildpackage, which copies the source to a build area
jm> using the debian version as the path. Debian version had been
jm> until now "20031103-1", for example. Now, it's something like
jm> "1:0.4+20031231-1", and make doesn't like this, due to the
jm> colon in the path.
Correct. You can't include ":" as part of a target or prerequisite
name in GNU make (at least not reliably).
Then this should be documented in the manual. Here is a patch.
2004-01-03 Alfred M. Szmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* doc/make.texi (Rule Syntax): Document that `:' aren't
allowed in target or prerequisite names.
--- doc/make.texi Sat Jan 3 16:05:52 2004
+++ doc/make.texi Sat Jan 3 16:19:19 2004
@@ -1629,6 +1629,13 @@
appear on the same line, with a semicolon. Either way, the effect is the
same. @xref{Commands, ,Writing the Commands in Rules}.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] colon (@code{:}), in target names
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @code{:}, in target names
[EMAIL PROTECTED] colon (@code{:}), in prerequisite names
[EMAIL PROTECTED] @code{:}, in prerequisite names
+Including a colon, @code{:}, as part of a target or prerequisite name
+is not supported by GNU make.
+
@cindex dollar sign (@code{$}), in rules
@cindex @code{$}, in rules
@cindex rule, and @code{$}
Cheers...
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