[bug #712] GNU make can't handle spaces in pathnames

2009-06-02 Thread anonymous
Follow-up Comment #10, bug #712 (project make): If we can't handle quoting properly in a backwards compatible manner... then is it feasible to add (yet another?) flag/switch/special target/etc to request proper handling of quoting? *grumble* Lost the text I typed. __

[bug #16670] Repeated backslash-escaped newlines not POSIXly replaced

2009-06-02 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #16670 (project make): OK, the fix for this is simple enough. However, it does cause user-visible changes. It's not so much the replacing of each backslash/newline/following whitespace with a space that's the issue, it's the fact that TRAILING whitespace on the previou

[bug #16670] Repeated backslash-escaped newlines not POSIXly replaced

2009-06-02 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #16670 (project make): Ugh. Savannah's comments kind of suck. I mean, the current behavior gives: a b and the POSIXly-correct behavior would give: a b ___ Reply to this item at: