RE: gnu make and windows path

[PATTON, BILLY \(SBCSI\)]

Good luck Jim,  I thought we had an old version here on HPUX at 3.78

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> %% Jim <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   j> Here is what I have found ... It doesn't look like cygwin ... if
>   j> you think I should try 'address@hidden' after seeing this just
>   j> let me know
> 
>   j> C:\Documents and Settings\jgdon>make --version
> 
>   j> GNU Make version 3.74 (vpath+)
> 
> Whoa.
> 
> Now _that's_ some old software!  That's over 10 years old.  
> The current
> latest release of GNU make is 3.81.  This was about the first version
> ever ported to Windows, IIRC.
> 
> I don't know whether you will get any useful info from 
> make-w32 or not.
> There's almost certainly no one there using a version that old, but
> perhaps the problem you're having is generic to Windows regardless of
> the version of GNU make you're using.
> 
> 
> So, although I wouldn't get my hopes up, it wouldn't hurt to ask them.
> 
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