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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:18:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: RE: Make quoted strings problem running from cmd.exe...
To: John Wiersba <John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com,
        "'kevin_hill AT bigfoot DOT com'" <kevin_hill AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Hmm.  I bet you used cygwin to build your program didn't you.  Whereas Kevin
used MSVC to build his.  If you build your program with mingw32, you'll have
the same problem as Kevin.

Earnie.

--- John Wiersba <John DOT Wiersba AT medstat DOT com> wrote:
> I'm running make 3.75 with no problems.  Maybe this is a binary vs text
> problem (I'm running all binary mounts).
> 
> file prtcmd.c
> 	#include "stdio.h"
> 	main(int argc, char ** argv) {
> 		int j;
> 		for (j = 0; j < argc; ++j) {
> 			printf("arg %d: <%s>\n", j, argv[j]);
> 		}
> 		exit(0);
> 	}
> 
> $ gcc prtcmd.c
> $ mv a.exe prtcmd.exe
> 
> file Makefile
> 	a:
> 		prtcmd a "b c" d
> 		prtcmd -i "BEGIN { $$^W=1; }"
> 
> output running bash and cmd.exe is identical:
> 
> $ make -v
> GNU Make version 3.75, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
> Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96
>         Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
> There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> Report bugs to <bug-gnu-utils AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu>.
> 
> $ make
> prtcmd a "b c" d
> arg 0: <prtcmd>
> arg 1: <a>
> arg 2: <b c>
> arg 3: <d>
> prtcmd -i "BEGIN { $^W=1; }"
> arg 0: <prtcmd>
> arg 1: <-i>
> arg 2: <BEGIN { $^W=1; }>
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Spell [mailto:glenn AT gs DOT fay DOT nc DOT us]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 5:41 PM
> > To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> > Subject: Re: Make quoted strings problem running from cmd.exe...
> > 
> > 
> > On 18 Aug 1999 around 9:05AM (+1200) Kevin Hill wrote:
> > 
> > > My problem now is not "is this a bug or strange feature in
> > > make.exe?",  but more one of "how can I fix this so I can move on
> > > and get on with my project?".
> > 
> > You might try upgrading from 3.75 to 3.77. There were various changes
> > in the way make reads lines in makefiles since 3.75.
> > 
> > -glenn
> > 
> > -- 
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