Agreed that it is better to preserve the input text.
Agreed that a warning is indicated, but as Stefano suggested, I think
the warning should only be given if -Wportability is enabled (which it
is by default, I gather), not unconditionally. From our manual:
`portability'
Portab
On 20 Feb 2022 15:25, Karl Berry wrote:
> Use of \# is not portable.
>
> Is there any known make implementation which does not preserve the #?
>
> foo = blah\#blah
> foo += what
> -> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable
> -> foo = blah\#blah what
>
> A
Use of \# is not portable.
Is there any known make implementation which does not preserve the #?
foo = blah\#blah
foo += what
-> warning: escaping \# comment markers is not portable
-> foo = blah\#blah what
Assuming there is in fact variability in behavior in practice
Fixes automake bug https://bugs.gnu.org/7610.
Use of \# is not portable. POSIX does not provide any way of retaining
the # marker in variables. There is wide spread support for \# though
in GNU & BSD Make implementations.
Today, with plain variable assignments, Automake leaves the line alone:
