[bug #35384] Request for a "writefile" function

2012-01-28 Thread John Coiner
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #35384 (project make): Yes, it's a duplicate. We can close this one. If there's anything I can do for 35147 let me know. My work maintains large make-based builds and I don't know how many times we've run into the "argument list too long" issue, usually shortly before a

[bug #35384] Request for a "writefile" function

2012-01-27 Thread John Coiner
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #35384 (project make): Oops, the message board ate the formatting of the patch in comment #2. It's also attached as a file, that one should be OK. ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #35384] Request for a "writefile" function

2012-01-27 Thread John Coiner
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #35384 (project make): diff -u -r make-3.82/doc/make.texi make-3.82-mine/doc/make.texi --- make-3.82/doc/make.texi 2010-07-19 03:10:54.0 -0400 +++ make-3.82-mine/doc/make.texi2012-01-27 10:39:02.221433328 -0500 @@ -7694,6 +7694,32 @@ This function doe

[bug #35384] Request for a "writefile" function

2012-01-27 Thread John Coiner
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #35384 (project make): ps. I am the submitter of this, I did not intend to submit anonymously. ___ Reply to this item at: ___