On Thursday 2024-07-18 15:40, Zack Weinberg wrote: >On Thu, Jul 18, 2024, at 5:09 AM, Tijl Coosemans wrote: >> Automake 1.17 produces a warning for the use of \# here: >> >> https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/blob/d88e6438efbc53e977546693f6835f7517072a06/Makefile.am#L22 > >subst = sed \ > -e 's|@PACKAGE_VERSION[@]|$(PACKAGE_VERSION)|g' \ > -e '1 s|^\#\!.*perl$$|\#\!$(PERL)|g' \ > -e 's|@localstatedir[@]|$(localstatedir)|g' \ > [etc] > >but I think the only portable way to define that variable is from >outside the Makefile, e.g. by typing > >make 'HASH=#' > >every single time, ick.
How much if EBCDIC a thing still, or can we assume ASCII and use \x23?
