Please don't reply only to me: discussions belong on the mailing lists.
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:32 -0400, Rob Holbert wrote:
> The key in that definition is "depends on their first letter", not
> "the capitalization of their first letter". But in any event, if you
> don't have a clear definition
> Why not trivially s/lexical/ASCII/ on the affected line in the manual?
Because that could mislead someone who uses non-ASCII characters? How about:
Index: doc/make.texi
===
RCS file: /sources/make/make/doc/make.texi,v
retrieving r
> GNU make uses the standard C runtime function qsort(3) to perform its
> sorting, with a comparison function of the standard C runtime function
> strcmp().
...
> The builtin sort function DOES sort. It may not sort the way you would
> prefer, but it sorts in a standard, repeatable, well-defined w
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> I agree that the manual should document the fact that the sort function
> does not sort according the current LC_COLLATE value but instead always
> uses the standard ASCII (or LC_COLLATE="C") order.
>
> But I will not say that it doesn't sort l
There is no standard definition of "lexical order" that I'm aware of
that means only, and exactly, sorted according to the current locale
collation definition. The free dictionary defines it as:
the arrangement of a set of items in accordance with a recursive
algorithm, such as th
Putting OP's reply on the record.
From: Rob Holbert [mailto:robholb...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 04:49
To: Martin Dorey
Subject: Re: $(sort) - what is "lexical order"? (was RE: Follow-up)
Wow,
Just putting your sources in order yourself will be much
On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 15:22 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> I am using make (version 3.81) for compilation.
> However the automatic variable $< doesnt increment as expected and uses
> the 1st source file itself for compiling all the objects.
There's not much help we can give based on this description. Plea
Hi,
I am using make (version 3.81) for compilation.
However the automatic variable $< doesnt increment as expected and uses
the 1st source file itself for compiling all the objects.
However the other automatic variable $@ seems to be working fine.
Regards
Rahul
