On Wed Feb 27 14:07:42 2013, guent...@gmail.com (Philip Guenther) wrote:
Meanwhile, other people complain that the docs are too long; adding
this feature was added in 3.8x throughout the guide just makes it
longer and harder to read. It's not a costless addition.
I completely disagree.
On Wed Feb 27 17:02:03 2013, guent...@gmail.com (Philip Guenther) wrote:
IMO, the suggestion that was proposed would reduce the overall
usability of the manual and increase the confusion. I seen it tried
in multiple ways** in other open source projects (and at my day job)
and the results
URL:
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38433
Summary: Example for eval in documentation contains error
with define
Project: make
Submitted by: wagenaar
Submitted on: Wed 27 Feb 2013 07:25:20 PM GMT
Severity: 3 - Normal
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Wagenaar
invalid.nore...@gnu.org wrote:
The example for the eval function in the documentation at
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Eval-Function.html contains
a syntax error that causes the example to fail quietly. The problem is in the
Update of bug #38433 (project make):
Status:None = Not A Bug
Open/Closed:Open = Closed
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Follow-up Comment #1:
That's a valid
On 02/27/2013 11:30 AM, Philip Guenther wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Wagenaar
invalid.nore...@gnu.org wrote:
The example for the eval function in the documentation at
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Eval-Function.html contains
a syntax error that causes the
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Daniel Wagenaar d...@caltech.edu wrote:
I appreciate your correction, but I still feel that the documentation on the
website would be more helpful if it at least mentioned that older versions
of make fail quietly when there is a = at the end of the line. The
On 02/27/2013 02:07 PM, Philip Guenther wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Daniel Wagenaar d...@caltech.edu wrote:
I appreciate your correction, but I still feel that the documentation on the
website would be more helpful if it at least mentioned that older versions
of make fail quietly
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #38433 (project make):
Paul and Philipp,
Daniel has a valid point here. You could be a lot more welcoming on this
case, why so hard on him? I hit the very same thing myself some time ago,
just forgot to speak up myself. That documentation bug is the reason meta
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sebastian Pipping
invalid.nore...@gnu.org wrote:
Paul and Philipp,
Side note: I should make clear that I am not committer to GNU make and
do not speak for the project. I'm just a contributer to the lists,
answering questions where I can.
Daniel has a valid
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Philip Guenther guent...@gmail.com wrote:
Side note: I should make clear that I am not committer to GNU make and
do not speak for the project. I'm just a contributer to the lists,
answering questions where I can.
Likewise.
IMO, the suggestion that was
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