%% Stefan Seefeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
ss> here is a little Makefile that makes make version 3.79.1 abort:
ss> ---
ss> .FORCE:
ss> a:
ss> .FORCE
I assume the above is some kind of line wrapping error in your mail
client, since it doesn't make any sense as-is, and this really
hi there,
here is a little Makefile that makes make version 3.79.1 abort:
---
.FORCE:
a:
.FORCE
@echo "foobar is $(foobar)"
a: foobar+="foobar"
---
it runs fine when I call 'make', but with 'make foobar="bla"'
it aborts (with a meaningful error message).
By the way, I sent in a bug
