On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 08:24:31AM -0600, Robert Citek wrote:
> How do I get the new version of 'make' to work like the old? That is,
> how to I get 'make' to understand that "\" at the end of a line means
> the command continues on the next line?
>
> In previous versions of make (3.8 under FC4), this would work:
>
> $ cat Makefile
> foo :
> echo 'Hello, \
> world'
>
> $ make foo
> Hello, world
>
> $ make -v
> GNU Make 3.80
It seems the problem is that the backslash is inside the single quote.
$ cat newline.mk
foo :
echo 'Hello, \
world'
bar :
echo 'Hello,' \
'world'
$ make --version
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This program built for i486-pc-linux-gnu
$ make --silent --file=newline.mk foo
Hello, \
world
$ make --silent --file=newline.mk bar
Hello, world
> Seems like my options are:
> 1) pass some option to 'make' to make it act like the previous version
> (didn't see one.)
> 2) rewrite my Makefile that I've been using for years to handle
> different versions of 'make'
Why are you splitting quotes over multiple lines?
> 3) use something other than 'make'. Suggestions?
I know of no make alternatives that use Makefiles.
--
David Dooling
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