Subject: RE: problem with make
From: Heribert Dahms <[email-masked]>
To: "'Lassi A. Tuura'" <[email-masked]>, Brian Pollard <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:09:02 +0200

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 ([email-masked])

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Lassi A. Tuura [SMTP:[email-masked]]
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 16, 2000 13:34
> To:	Brian Pollard
> Cc:	[email-masked]
> 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
> -- 
> A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its
> opponents and making them see the light, but rather because
> its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up
> that is familiar with it.  --Planck, 1949
> 
> --
> Want to unsubscribe from this list?
> Send a message to [email-masked]

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to [email-masked]