This bug is fixed in the latest version, GNU make 3.80. Please try
that and let us know if it doesn't work.
Finally got round to trying ... bad news: quote
cd /home/eddy/work/toys/
/usr/local/bin/make boom-2002-Nov-13
Compilation segmentation fault at Thu Dec 19 12:50:17
/quote using quote
cd /home/eddy/work/toys/
/usr/local/bin/make --version
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Compilation finished at Thu Dec 19 12:51:31
/quote and the same broken quote src=Makefile
# make bug reproduction (NB use of : where = was intended):
PACKAPPS = simple
$(PACKAPPS:%=pack-index-dt-%):
echo 'dt id=$(@:pack-index-dt-%:%)' \
'a href=$(@:pack-index-dt-%:%)$(@:pack-index-dt-%:%)/a' \
index.html
boom-2002-Nov-13: $(PACKAPPS:%=pack-index-dt-%)
/quote on the same quote src=uname -a
Linux whorl 2.2.19pre17 #1 Tue Mar 13 22:37:59 EST 2001 i686 unknown
/quote box as before.
Med venlig hilsen på en hyggelig jul og en god nyt ar,
Eddy.
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