Re: Online manual: wrong define in eval section

[Georg Sauthoff]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:48:36AM -0400, Paul Smith wrote:

Hi,

> It's not the manual that's outdated, it's your version of GNU make.
 
> The online manual always defines the latest version of GNU make, which
> is currently GNU make 3.82.  You're using GNU make 3.81, which is not
> the latest, so your version of GNU make doesn't match the manual.
 
> You can tell this by looking right at the beginning of the manual where
> it says:
> 
>         This is Edition 0.71, last updated 19 July 2010, of The GNU Make
>         Manual, for GNU make version 3.82.
> 
> If you want accurate documentation then use the version that comes with
> the version of GNU make you have installed.

oh, you are right.

Somehow did not expect such a change in syntax at this age of GNU make or
between minor version numbers.

But sure, this is not an excuse for not reading the manual enough.

Best regards
Georg