Re: Windows-specific bug 11183

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:59:58 -0500
> From: address@hidden
> 
> Here's a bug report with fix: is this something that we should accept or
> no?
> 
>   https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?func=detailitem&item_id=11183
> 
> I don't know what the normal behavior of "\" in a pathname is when
> compiling for DOS/Windows.  The code in the bug may need to be enhanced
> because I think "\" is used to quote "%" in pattern rules.

I tend to advise against this patch.  Apart of the problem you
mentioned (quoting %), there's really no need to use backslashes in
implicit or pattern rules, one can simply use forward slashes.