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From:	Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de>
To:	"'Lassi A. Tuura'" <lassi DOT tuura AT cern DOT ch>,
	Brian Pollard
	<b_pollard AT trillium DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	RE: problem with make
Date:	Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:09:02 +0200
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Hi,

I never used trailing comments and $(strip) is also new to me,
but is it really true that the obvious quoted
var="value      "
does NOT preserve trailing spaces?

Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-gmbh DOT de)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lassi A. Tuura [SMTP:lassi DOT tuura AT cern DOT ch]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 16, 2000 13:34
> To:	Brian Pollard
> Cc:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject:	Re: problem with make
> 
> >         hehe=.           #some comment
> > hehe stores ".            " instead of "./"
> 
> This is documented make behaviour -- and in fact the only way to get
> trailing space to a variable value.  As someone else already replied,
> if
> that's not what you want, just move the comment to another line or use
> $(strip).
> 
> Hope this helps,
> //lat
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