There is no good way to do this, I'm sorry to say. Unfortunately when GNU make was designed issues of escaping special characters were not widely considered, leading to inconsistencies. I don't know of any way, offhand, to escape a ":" in the prerequisites list.
Even more unfortunately, every time I've suggested a syntax change such as allowing escaping of special chars in the prerequisites list with "\", I hear from people who have makefiles that would break. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
