<quote who="Eli Zaretskii"> >> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:59:58 -0500 >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Here's a bug report with fix: is this something that we should accept or >> no? >> >> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=11183 >> >> I don't know what the normal behavior of "\" in a pathname is when >> compiling for DOS/Windows. The code in the bug may need to be enhanced >> because I think "\" is used to quote "%" in pattern rules. > > I tend to advise against this patch. Apart of the problem you > mentioned (quoting %), there's really no need to use backslashes in > implicit or pattern rules, one can simply use forward slashes. >
I agree in heart. I'm having instances though of recollection of reported problems based on MS Visual suite forcing the Makefile to use \ instead of /. I think postponing the patch beyond 3.81 would be best. Earnie -- http://www.mingw.org http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw https://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?user_id=15438 _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
