Paul, Anyone,
Any idea on colon in prereq name issue detailed below?
Thanks,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Asperheim, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 11:24 PM
To: Asperheim, Eric; 'Paul D. Smith'
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: repost - target with a colon in the name
Paul,
Now I'm having trouble with the : in the prereq name. Below are 3 test
Makefiles and gmake output that illustrate the issue. I've tried this
with both 3.79.1 and 3.80. It appears that the escaping works as
expected with in the target. But, the backslash is taken literally when
in the prereq.
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# Good Makefile
b.mdb\:1 :
@ echo $@
a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl
@ echo $@
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filc2519:easperhe gmake
b.mdb:1
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# Bad Makefile #1
b.mdb\:1 : a.mdb\:1
@ echo $@
a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl
@ echo $@
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filc2519:easperhe gmake
gmake: *** No rule to make target `a.mdb\:1', needed by `b.mdb:1'.
Stop.
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# Bad Makefile #2 (removed \ from prereq)
b.mdb\:1 : a.mdb:1
@ echo $@
a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl
@ echo $@
-----------------------------
filc2519:easperhe gmake
Makefile:2: *** target pattern contains no `%'. Stop.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Asperheim, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:53 PM
To: 'Paul D. Smith'
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: repost - target with a colon in the name
Paul,
Thanks! I did try escaping before but didn't do it in all parts of
Makefile. Thus, it didn't appear to work. After escaping all : in the
Makefile, it worked. Glad it's that simple.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul D.
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:05 PM
To: Asperheim, Eric
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: repost - target with a colon in the name
%% "Asperheim, Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ae> Is there anyway to have a gmake target with a colon in the name?
For
ae> example:
ae> a.mdb:1 : a.vhdl
ae> @ echo $@
ae> I've tried this and gmake doesn't appear to like it.
a.mdb\:1 : a.vhdl
@echo $@
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