> From: "Jannick"
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 12:32:23 +0100
>
> Subject: [PATCH 03/13] Windows build: add optional cmd line flag --exe-name to
> build_w32.bat
>
> This commit helps the user choose a name for the GNUMake executable
> different from the default 'gnumake.exe' used at link time
When resolving a line continuation $\, it normally resolves to
$, then to blank. There is a corner case in make 4.2.1 where it seems
to resolve to the literal $ character instead. I have the following:
> cat tmp.mk
$(info version: $(shell $(MAKE) --version))
$(info TEST: 1$\
On Mon, 04 Nov 2019 05:35:46 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> And how do you suggest to fix this?
For your consideration attached 3 patches implementing the suggested idea: a
new optional command line flag '--exe-name' to build_w32.bat to help the
user pass an executable name (default: 'gnumake') us
