Re: problem of Pattern Rules

2001-12-25 Thread Paul D. Smith
Make does not deal with backslashes very well at all. This is discussed already in the README.W32 file, etc. It is a known issue but one for which there is no trivial solution: backslashes in UNIX (and make) typically are escape characters. I will give you the same advice that the README files,

Re: target variable assignments

2001-12-25 Thread Paul D. Smith
This is a known deficiency in current versions of GNU make: only the first target-specific pattern will match a given target, not all of them. This will be fixed in the next version of GNU make. If you check the archives of this mailing list, you will find patches submitted to address this. --