Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 10:26:18AM +0000, Nick Ing-Simmons wrote: >> Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Another couple of bugettes are the failed 'Unable to find a perl 5' >> >> check performed by MakeMaker itself, and the fact that nmake complains >> >> if the name of a dependency contains a colon. >> > >> >Eh? >> >> FOO = C:\X >> >> $(FOO) : Bar >> >> Expands to >> >> C:\X : BAR >> >> So 'C' depends on \X :-( > >How does one normally get around this in make? (Let's forget nmake >for a moment)
Quote it: "$(FOO)" : BAR "C:\X" : BAR -- Nick Ing-Simmons http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/
