Re: mention converses

2010-12-27 Thread jidanni
> "PS" == Paul Smith writes: PS> On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 16:19 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: >> On (info "(make) Automatic Variables") you mention >> `$(@F)' is equivalent to `$(notdir $@)'. >> >> But on (info "(make) File Name Functions") you don't mention the >> converse! >> >> Nobody wo

Re: mention converses

2010-12-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2010-12-27 at 16:19 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > On (info "(make) Automatic Variables") you mention > `$(@F)' is equivalent to `$(notdir $@)'. > > But on (info "(make) File Name Functions") you don't mention the > converse! > > Nobody would have guessed there are shorter ways to wr

Bug#608102: is the man page really 21 years old?

2010-12-27 Thread jidanni
X-debbugs-Cc: bug-make@gnu.org Package: make Version: 3.81-8 Severity: wishlist Is the man page really GNU 22 August 1989 MAKE(1) 21 years old? Or even COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1996, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU make. 11 years old? Cat looks much

mention converses

2010-12-27 Thread jidanni
On (info "(make) Automatic Variables") you mention `$(@F)' is equivalent to `$(notdir $@)'. But on (info "(make) File Name Functions") you don't mention the converse! Nobody would have guessed there are shorter ways to write those things. Same for all the other items on those pages. $ make -v G