%% "Sanjeeb Sahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ss> Looks like the '\' character at the end of a comment continues to ss> have the same special meaning. Please refer to the 3 liner ss> makefile attached here with. when I invoke make, I get the ss> following error... Makefile:3: *** commands commence before first ss> target. Stop.
ss> When I remove the \ char fro the comment, it works fine. Should ss> make not disable the special meaning of \ when it sees it in a ss> comment line? No. The POSIX standard requires the current behavior. IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, Chapter 4--Utilities, Section "make": 23527 Comments start with a number sign ('#') and continue until an unescaped <newline> is 23528 reached. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make