Makefile with CRLFs bug

2001-01-30 Thread Eric Estievenart
Hello there, I found a strange bug while reading a makefile with CRLF on Linux. (I know, I shouldn't have CRLF files under unix, but this is another problem ;-) My make version is v 3.79.1 The error message is : amdba.mak.ko:11: *** missing separator. Stop. (The makefile contains a long

Order of variable definition and rule matters!?

2001-01-30 Thread Jens Schmidt
Hi. See below for a problem log. I cannot believe that this is a bug because it seems so basic. And other makes behave identical. However, I didn't found a single line of docu on that in the online-docu (I would have expected it, or at least a link to it, in section "Using Variables",

Re: Order of variable definition and rule matters!?

2001-01-30 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Jens Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: js I cannot believe that this is a bug because it seems so basic. js And other makes behave identical. However, I didn't found a js single line of docu on that in the online-docu (I would have js expected it, or at least a link to it, in section

make assertion failure with target-specific variables

2001-01-30 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, This may be a repeat for some of the people addressed by this message. I think I may have sent it out with the wrong addresses (that should teach me to try and deal with my packages at 3:30am) [Please retain a CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED], so that the Debian Bug

make documentation snags

2001-01-30 Thread Wolfgang Laun
GNU Make version 3.77 GNU Make Manual 20 May 1998 Some documentation snags: (a) Functions - Text Functions - Functions for String Substitution and Analysis The documentation on subst does not mention that $(subst ,TO,TEXT) returns TEXTTO, e.g.: bash make -f - X = $(subst