On 08/18/12 13:48, Kenneth R Westerback wrote:
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 12:29:51PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
Our make currently "misbehaves" and doesn't treat this as a problem.
A=a
a:
echo ${A
there are several possibilities.
1/ do like gmake and treat this as an actual error.
2/ keep the status quo
3/ do something else: if it's not a complete variable reference, then it
should be seen as a string
2/ is error-prone.
1/ is easy to implement
3/ is a bit more complex but probably more compatible with lots of stuff.
Opinions ? examples of Makefiles where something similar would actually
be used ?
Treating this as an error, even if it means following gmake, seems to
make the most sense to me.
Agreed. This is also how ksh would react in a similar situation.
