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Re: gettext 0.10.37 unportable use of $< in doc/Makefile.am
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Paul D. Smith |
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Re: gettext 0.10.37 unportable use of $< in doc/Makefile.am |
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15 May 2001 15:30:07 -0400 |
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%% address@hidden (Bruno Haible) writes:
bh> Paul Eggert writes:
>> POSIX says that the $< construct in makefiles can be used only in
>> inference rules and in the .DEFAULT rule; its meaning in ordinary
>> rules is unspecified.
bh> You are right. I know this rule, but it's a pitfall into which I fall
bh> quite often.
That's because it's an _incredibly stupid_ rule.
:)
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