Re: Make 3.79 install problem

2000-05-29 Thread Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-
On Mon, 29 May 2000, Johnny Wales wrote: > Well, looks like the 3.79 install didn't quite work. I did a configure, > make, make install, and everything went off without a hitch. Ah! I've just > found the bug. Here's my uname -a: > Linux vegas 2.2.13 #1 Tue Nov 9 00:09:41 GMT 1999 i586 unknown >

Make 3.79 install problem

2000-05-29 Thread Johnny Wales
Well, looks like the 3.79 install didn't quite work. I did a configure, make, make install, and everything went off without a hitch. Ah! I've just found the bug. Here's my uname -a: Linux vegas 2.2.13 #1 Tue Nov 9 00:09:41 GMT 1999 i586 unknown It's a SuSE 6.3 system, and which make results in: /

backslash escaped spaces cause make 3.78.1 to fail an assertion

2000-05-29 Thread peter miller
In case you haven't run into it, a make file like so: x\ y: z causes make 3.78.1 to fail with make: read.c:892: read_makefile: Assertion '*p2 != '\0'' failed. (and core dump.) -- p e t e r m i l l e r * f u c h s i a . g r o a n @ v i r g i n . n e t ---