[bug #64472] $(CP) is an empty string

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #64472 (project make): OP here. Thanks for the explanation about "$(CP)". Now regarding "$(INSTALL)", I'm also getting an empty string from it, and I wonder why. In addition, [https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Utilities-in-Makefiles the docs] say: >

[bug #64472] $(CP) is an empty string

Update of bug #64472 (project make): Status:None => Not A Bug Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #3: I think there's some

Re: [bug #64472] $(CP) is an empty string

On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 01:37:11 -0400 (EDT) > ... I see that rm, which was on the list of directly invokable utilities > with cp, nonetheless has an RM namesake, which contains the very much > conventional, but non-obvious and misleading, -f. AR is there alright but, > had the OP chosen INSTALL as

[bug #64472] $(CP) is an empty string

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #64472 (project make): https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Utilities-in-Makefiles.html says that $(INSTALL) should be used instead of directly invoking install(1) but says nothing about $(CP). Indeed, it contrasts cp with install, saying that cp is OK to

[bug #64472] $(CP) is an empty string

URL: Summary: $(CP) is an empty string Group: make Submitter: None Submitted: Wed 26 Jul 2023 02:43:06 AM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Bug