>>> "Bob" == Bob Friesenhahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...] Bob> In other words, dealing with junk like Bob> apps_build_postgres_src_build_postgres_SOURCES Bob> is very tiring and failure prone. Is there a reason why it can't Bob> simply be Bob> apps/build-postgres/src/build-postgres_SOURCES ? Yes. Makefile variable names can only consist of alphanumerics, underscores, and periods. Use of any other character is not standard, and likely not portable. `/' is definitely not portable; for instance OSF1 Make has a special operator $(MACRO/left/right) that would conflict with such variable names. -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz
