On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 09:42 -0700, Buonopane, Robert wrote: > I am using gmake 2.8 but have docs for 2.8.1.
I'm quite sure you're not using 2.8 or 2.8.1, since those versions never existed. Perhaps you mean 3.80 and 3.81? > 2.8.1 states: > > conditional-directive > text-if-one-is-true > else conditional-directive > text-if-true > else > text-if-false > endif > > but this does not seem to work with my 2.8. > > Is this structure a new feature in 2.8.1 or am I doing something > wrong. It is a new feature in GNU make 3.81. The NEWS file that comes with the GNU make source contains a complete list of which features were added in which releases. Cheers! _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make