On 20/11/2007, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, > make -d don't show much. > I have attached the two files: Makefile and make.log
That's weird - your make.log says: Must remake target `all'. -e -n aaa (i.e. "echo" is missing"). But running "make -d -n" on my machine (Debian Etch, make 3.81, bash 3.1.17, /bin/echo from GNU coreutils 5.97) I get: Must remake target `all'. echo -e -n "aaa" (i.e. "echo" is included). What was the exact command you executed to get "make.log"? Maybe add a space after the "@"? I also see in bash's man that "xpg_echo" shell option will tell the built-in echo to expand backslash-escape sequences by default. It's off in my bash. Another piece of documentation - the coreutils info page about echo says: <quote> If the `POSIXLY_CORRECT' environment variable is set, then when `echo''s first argument is not `-n' it outputs option-like arguments instead of treating them as options. For example, `echo -ne hello' outputs `-ne hello' instead of plain `hello'. POSIX does not require support for any options, and says that the behavior of `echo' is implementation-defined if any STRING contains a backslash or if the first argument is `-n'. Portable programs can use the `printf' command if they need to omit trailing newlines or output control characters or backslashes. *Note printf invocation::. </quote> Do you have POSIXLY_CORRECT envariable set? How about trying to switch the -e and -n in Makefile? Cheers, --Amos ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
