Michael G Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 01:48:03PM +0100, Abigail wrote:
> > PERLPREFIX=${PREFIX:-/usr}
> > SITEPREFIX=${PREFIX:-/top}
> >
> >
> > I've used that long before I heard about bash.
> > It's also part of the POSIX 1003.1-2001 standard.
>
> Perl make understands it, but I can't get that to work in GNU make. POSIX
> or not, that kills it. :(
It works neither with pmake (the make shipped with FreeBSD).
> GNU make claims to conform to "section 6.2 of IEEE Standard 1003.2-1992
> (POSIX.2)", not 2001. Is it in the 1992 standard? Not that it'll make much
> difference, but at least we can glare disapprovingly at the GNU folks.
>
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