%% Dale R Worley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
drw> I don't know if "make" provides a quoting mechanism. And since
drw> the offending "=" appears inside a string generated by a "pwd"
drw> that is invoked inside the makefile, it would be hard to apply.
I would think you could use something li
From: Sam Ravnborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Currently compiling 2.6.2 kernel located in a directory named
"A=B". So far it looks OK.
I can't make out how 2.6's make system works, but it is different
than 2.4's and seems to avoid the problem with make that I was running
into.
Dale
From: Noel Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Are you able to "quote" these special characters such that they
would be interpreted the way you'd like?
I don't know if "make" provides a quoting mechanism. And since the
offending "=" appears inside a string generated by a "pwd" that is
invoked insid
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 01:41:45PM -0500, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
> contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='.
If you take a look at the linux 2.6 kernel you will see '/' used
all over the place in variables.
So my vote is
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale R. Worley) writes:
drw> It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
drw> contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='.
Unfortunately this is not a compatible change, and so can't be accepted.
I personally know of many environments where
"Dale R. Worley" wrote:
>
> [This enhancement request is for Gnu make 3.79.1.]
>
> It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
> contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='. The reason I make
> this request is that I was rebuilding a Linux kernel in a directory
> na
On 9 Jan 2004, Dale R. Worley wrote:
> [This enhancement request is for Gnu make 3.79.1.]
>
> It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
> contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='. The reason I make
> this request is that I was rebuilding a Linux kernel in a direc
[This enhancement request is for Gnu make 3.79.1.]
It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='. The reason I make
this request is that I was rebuilding a Linux kernel in a directory
named (more or less) `/auto/LABEL=Backup/
