Thanks for telling me the standard defined behaviour. We can now close this
issue.
Thanks and regards,
Sahoo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul D. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sanjeeb Sahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: \ at the end of a comment is not ignored.
> %% "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.
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> 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
>
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