%% Eckhart Guthöhrlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: eg> please have a look at the simple Makefile below. On several eg> machines running Debian unstable, it outputs the running kernel's eg> version endlessly. If I enclose "endless" in double quotes, it eg> works as expected. This does not happen when using echo on the eg> command prompt, so it has to be related to make somehow. Is this eg> a bug? Has anybody observed this behavior and found the reason or eg> a workaround?
eg> Here is the Makefile: eg> default: eg> echo endless I have never seen nor heard of anything like this happening _ever_. It doesn't happen on my Debian unstable systems. I don't see how it could be make's fault. Please trying running "make -d" and see what commands make is actually running. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
