On Thu, 2010-08-19 at 11:24 -0400, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: > I'm rebuilding again with the sed command included and I'll upload a > third 3.82 build to mingw.org and drop the original ill-advised patch.
I'm not at all convinced that there's not still a bug here. The fact that we can force a core dump by providing a very long filename is a bug in make; there's nothing (that I can recall) in make that checks the names of targets to ensure they don't exceed some certain length. GNU make, like all GNU software, has always been careful to avoid preset maximums where possible [*] Supposing that this separator was set properly. What if someone used a different separator, like ":", again? Writing an incorrect makefile (like using the wrong separator) should _never_ cause a core. [*] yes, I know we don't always succeed! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32
