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Re: Bug in certain use of '+=' in automake
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: Bug in certain use of '+=' in automake |
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26 Jul 2001 18:51:58 -0600 |
>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Helten <address@hidden> writes:
Andy> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
Please don't send HTML to this list.
Andy> <p>However, this in a Makefile.am:
Andy> <p><tt>blah = value1 \</tt>
Andy> <br><tt> value2</tt><tt></tt>
Andy> <p><tt>blah += value3</tt><tt></tt>
Andy> <p>Produces this in a Makefile.in:<tt></tt>
Andy> <p><tt>blah = value1 value2</tt>
Andy> <br><tt>value3</tt><tt></tt>
Andy> <p>Note there is a newline following 'value2' (in the Makefile.in) and
Andy> 'value3' on a line by itself causes a Makefile error, not to mention that
Andy> 'value3' is not included in the final value of 'blah'.
This definitely looks like a bug.
I'm leaving it to Gary's discretion whether it will be fixed in the
1.4 series.
I believe it is already fixed on the trunk.
Tom