Re: Problem with backslash/newline on DOS/Windows/OS2/etc.?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:01:33 -0400
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: "Paul D. Smith" <address@hidden>
> 
> Good stuff; so if !unixy_shell we want to go back to the old model,
> where make would eat the backslash-newline pair before invoking the
> shell, right?

Yes, that's what I suggest.

> What about the TAB on the next line?  In POSIX if the first character
> after a backslash-newline is a TAB, make will remove it from the command
> script to be invoked.

I think this should also happen only under unixy_shell.  Otherwise,
either the TAB should be left in place or replaced with a space.