%% "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: rpjd> the only problem, though, is that someone suggested that rpjd> invoking a "call" from within an "eval" is not guaranteed to rpjd> work in make-3.80 and earlier versions.
rpjd> is there anything about the above that could cause problems in rpjd> older versions of make? if there is, then it's not really a rpjd> usable solution for me. thanks. You'll have to define which "older versions" you want to support. There are new user-visible features introduced in nearly every release of GNU make. Most of the powerful features are not available in "older versions", for some definition of "older". eval was introduced in 3.80. No earlier version can use it. call was introduced in 3.78. No earlier version can use it. In 3.80 there are some bugs in eval that can cause crashes etc. These are not limited to use call, but since at least one of them is more likely to happen on larger expansions, call is often involved. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
