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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 09:51:58 +0000
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Subject: Re: Bug in make?
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> > 3) The variable should be expanded with forward slashes.
> 
> Every variable or just $(MAKE)?

Just $(MAKE), it looks like the second copy of make expands this variable 
using some strange thing. Why if make is called with $(MAKE) expands with 
forward slashes and if make is called with "make" expands it with forward 
slashes? Is very strange. From where comes these forward slashes? argv[0]? 
DJDIR? 

> If you mean every variable, I think it's wrong: it will prevent you
> from ever having a variable with backslashes.
> 
> But even if you mean to have a special treatment for $(MAKE), I'm not
> sure it should be done.  Somebody could say something like this:
> 
>      command.com /c $(MAKE)
> 
> This won't work with forward slashes.  It's a mess...

But:

1) Make used a mixed stuff (2 back and one forward!)
2) Make expands this variable in a different way if:
  a) The second copy was called by make using just make.
  b) The second copy was called by make using $(MAKE)

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