On 9 Jan 2004, Dale R. Worley wrote: > [This enhancement request is for Gnu make 3.79.1.] > > It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to > contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='. The reason I make > this request is that I was rebuilding a Linux kernel in a directory > named (more or less) `/auto/LABEL=Backup/linux-2.4.20-24.8.test4'. > The Linux kernel makefile expands out the full path of the files it is > working with, rather than using relative names, so at one point, it > generated a Makefile rule looking something like this:
Actually, I use slashes (strokes for our British readers) in my variable names. There are times when I find this convenient. If you want to prohibit them, it might be better to use an option to turn it off. Ted -- Ted Stern Applications Group Cray Inc. office: 206-701-2182 411 First Avenue South, Suite 600 cell: 206-383-1049 Seattle, WA 98104-2860 FAX: 206-701-2500 Frango ut patefaciam -- I break that I may reveal (The Paleontological Society motto, equally apropos for debugging) _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
