Hello Tim,
* Tim Frink wrote on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 08:13:50PM CEST:
> ruleA:
> $(call ruleB,file1)
>
> ruleB = \
> if [ -f $(1) ] && [ -f file2 ]; then \
> awk '/^#/ { next } {print}' file2; \
> else \
> exit 1; \
> fi;
> When "make" now runs the target "ruleA" I get the error message:
>
> /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Everything from the # to the end of the line will be considered to be a
comment, and not passed to the shell. Posix also specifies that
comments continue across backslash newline combinations, but some
non-GNU make implementations don't obey that.
Cheers,
Ralf
