On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 11:03:19AM -0800, Jeff Bailey wrote: > And make can't cope with the :'s in the directory. > > Who should see this bug? Turtle for creating the directory in the > first place? Gawk for using a colon in the version number? Or Make > for not coping well with:
I have raised this on debian-policy, and we should give them a couple of days to consider all points. But my current opinion is that gawk should be fixed. Almost I gave in, but there is really no point in working round such stuff, and Niels added a very nice real life example where it could fail for anyone (not just turtle). > PWD=`pwd` (This is actually defined in debian/rules, but it's a common > construct) It depends on where you use it. Using it in make rules is a no-no, if you ask me. Someone pointed out that CURDIR should be used in make, btw. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de
