On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 05:05 +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > This isn't the whole truth. Posix (I don't recall which version) > requires backslash-newline to be passed as such to the shell, and GNU > make 3.81 changed semantics in this regard.
The rule is present in the 2004 POSIX spec (and of course the latest one, 2008). It was not present in SUS v2 (1997). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[email protected]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
