URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39035>
Summary: problem with blanks in continuation line in a recipe Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Wed 22 May 2013 08:35:08 AM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Bug Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Component Version: 3.82 Operating System: POSIX-Based Fixed Release: None Triage Status: None _______________________________________________________ Details: See [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16659294/different-output-in-makefile-rule] In the following Makefile f = echo $(1) t: <TAB> $(call f,"a \ b"); \ $(call f,"a \ b") * there is only one TAB, at the beginning of line 4 (the first `call f') * no blanks at the end of the lines * > 8 blanks in line 5 (12 in the example, no problem if <= 8) The output is a b a b The two calls are identical (except for the initial TAB). Why the output are different ? _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39035> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make