Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 21:14:33 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199609270114.VAA01684@delorie.com>
To: k3040e4 AT c210 DOT edvz DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at
CC: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <199609261327.PAA08094@c210.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at> (k3040e4@c210.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at)
Subject: Re: Make 3.75 port


> > Eli, would it be possible to apply to this port the patch which
> > allows indented 'Makefile' lines to start with space, no only with
> > tab? AFAIR, this requires change in only two places in the source.
>
> I disagree. That makes GNU makefiles incompatible to all other
> platforms. Send this suggestion to the FSF if you really think
> it's that important.

There are two things I'd like to add:

1. For some reason, dos editors are different in that they often replace
the tab with spaces without the user knowing.  This warrants a
dos-specific case in make to handle this.

2. The FSF is likely to accept a dos-specific fix, if properly #ifdef'd
with __MSDOS__.