Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:51:59 -0701 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Improving GNU make compatibility in BSD make (+ patch) Message-ID: <20020601075221.GB10437@lizzy.catnook.com> In-Reply-To: <20020601050549.GB3081@lizzy.catnook.com> References: <20020601015343.GA1132@lizzy.catnook.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0205311855390.29361-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <20020601025457.GA1457@lizzy.catnook.com> <20020601044603.GD91922@dan.emsphone.com> <20020601050549.GB3081@lizzy.catnook.com>
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:05:27PM -0700, Jos Backus wrote:
> That's a good idea, thanks. I just sent an e-mail coining the concept to
> help-make@gnu.org.
Fyi, I just sent a patch to to help-make; who knows Paul may accept it.
--- expand.c.orig Mon Jun 19 13:23:35 2000
+++ expand.c Sat Jun 1 00:42:11 2002
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@
/* A $ followed by a random char is a variable reference:
$a is equivalent to $(a). */
+
+ /* Treat $> as $^ for compatibility with BSD make. */
+ if (*p == '>')
+ *p = '^';
+
{
/* We could do the expanding here, but this way
avoids code repetition at a small performance cost. */
--
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