On Nov 21, 2007 1:33 AM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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"? >
make -d 2>&1 | tee make.log > Maybe add a space after the "@"? > Nope, this doesn't help. > > 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. > By default this flag is 'off'. I have used 'shopt -s xpg_echo' to set it 'on'. This didn't solve the problem. > 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? > POSIXLY_CORRECT doesn't help too: $ make aaa-e -n aaa $ POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 make -e -n aaa -e -n aaa > 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] > >
