In Info "5.2 Command Execution", be sure the best way of all to avoid newline accidents: qz: perl -we 'print 1$(\ )23' Works in both make of today and yesterday at least.
Also this: "You may split a long line by inserting a backslash followed by a newline, but this is not required, as `make' places no limit on the length of a line in a makefile." needs a reference link to "5.2 Command Execution" added. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make