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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Fodor Bertalan <fodber AT freemail DOT hu>
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Subject: RE: Strange make [Error 255] (cygwin bug?)
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Fodor Bertalan wrote:

> > $ perl -e 'print "all:;\t\@true && \\\n"; foreach $i
> > (0000..9999) { print "\techo -n $i && \\\n"; } print
> > "\ttrue\n";' | make -f -
> > make: *** [all] Error 255
>
> Yes, that fails from 1990.
>
> Is that a good bug report? Where should it be posted?

Try it on Linux.  If it works there, post it to the Cygwin list (i.e.,
here) with words to that effect.  If it doesn't work on Linux either, post
it to some general make bugs list -- I'm sure there is one; look at the
homepage for GNU make.
	Igor
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