%% Albert Chin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ac> I've built from CVS and have the following problem: ac> $ cat Makefile ac> rule: ac> echo 'foo\ ac> ' >/tmp/b ac> $ gmake ac> echo 'foo\ ac> ' >/tmp/b ac> $ cat /tmp/b ac> foo\
ac> Shouldn't /tmp/b contain "foo"? Not according to POSIX. The POSIX standard for make requires that make NOT condense backslash-newline pairs before invoking the shell. In previous versions (3.80 and before), it incorrectly did the condensing itself before calling the shell. In CVS (and 3.81) it doesn't do that. Thus, you should get identical output as you would when you run that command in the shell (/bin/sh or whatever other POSIX shell you have, of course, not csh or similar). And that is: $ echo 'foo\ > ' >/tmp/b $ cat /tmp/b foo\ Just as is it when make does it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
