Re: trouble with ( in path or target name with CVS gmake on cygwin

[Paul Smith]

On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 10:52 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:41:58 -0500
> > From: Bill Hoffman <address@hidden>
> > Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> > 
> > This also seems to be broken on linux.
> > make --version
> > GNU Make 3.81
> > ../make/make --version
> > GNU Make 3.81.90
> > 
> > $ ../make/make -f foo.make
> > foo.make:1: x).make): No such file or directory
> > make: *** No rule to make target `x).make)'.  Stop.
> > 
> > $ make -f foo.make
> > tada
> > 
> > Should I post this to a different mailing list since it is not just
> a 
> > cygwin issue?
> 
> Yes, address@hidden seems to be the right place.

If it's a generic problem with make, not related specifically to
Windows, you should either file a bug in Savannah (preferred) or email
to the address@hidden mailing list... even for CVS-based versions.

Thanks!