Hello bug-make readers, I noticed a couple of typos in the make manual.
Cheers, Ralf * doc/make.texi: Fix some typos. Index: doc/make.texi =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/make/make/doc/make.texi,v retrieving revision 1.45 diff -u -r1.45 make.texi --- doc/make.texi 1 Apr 2006 06:36:40 -0000 1.45 +++ doc/make.texi 6 Aug 2006 18:40:52 -0000 @@ -1937,7 +1937,7 @@ prerequisite you must write two of them, @samp{$$} (@pxref{Using Variables, ,How to Use Variables}). If you have enabled secondary expansion (@pxref{Secondary Expansion}) and you want a literal dollar -sign in the prerequisites lise, you must actually write @emph{four} +sign in the prerequisites list, you must actually write @emph{four} dollar signs (@samp{$$$$}). You may split a long line by inserting a backslash followed by a @@ -3093,7 +3093,7 @@ the last set given and prints an error message. (As a special case, if the file's name begins with a dot, no error message is printed. This odd behavior is only for compatibility with other implementations -of @code{make}... you should avoid using it). Occasionally it is +of @[EMAIL PROTECTED] you should avoid using it). Occasionally it is useful to have the same target invoke multiple commands which are defined in different parts of your makefile; you can use @dfn{double-colon rules} (@pxref{Double-Colon}) for this. @@ -3653,8 +3653,8 @@ @noindent Notice how the backslash/newline pair was removed inside the string quoted -with double quotes (@code{"..."}), but not from the string quoted with single -quotes (@code{'...'}). This is the way the default shell (@file{/bin/sh}) +with double quotes (@code{"@dots{}"}), but not from the string quoted with single +quotes (@code{'@dots{}'}). This is the way the default shell (@file{/bin/sh}) handles backslash/newline pairs. If you specify a different shell in your makefiles it may treat them differently. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make