Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI 4/6] general: assume '#' comment in make recipes are ok

[Akim Demaille]

Le 25 mai 2012 à 02:16, Stefano Lattarini a écrit :

I don't understand how this:

> The Autoconf manual (2.69) reports:
> 
>    Some make implementations treat anything starting with a tab as
>    a command for the current rule, even if the tab is immediately
>    followed by a '#'.  The make from Tru64 Unix V5.1 is one of them.

can be connected to code like this:

> -     cat $(srcdir)/config.hin ;: For debugging.
> -     cat config.h             ;: Likewise.
> +     cat $(srcdir)/config.hin # For debugging.
> +     cat config.h             # Likewise.

?

In the present case, this is a shell comment, not a Make comment.