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Re: vpath directive with multiple '%' characters in pattern
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Robert P. J. Day |
Subject: |
Re: vpath directive with multiple '%' characters in pattern |
Date: |
Mon, 14 Jun 2004 15:50:51 -0400 (EDT) |
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> %% "Robert P. J. Day" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> rpjd> apparently, a pattern with more than one '%' is not acceptable,
> rpjd> but you don't find out about this until you actually try to use
> rpjd> it in a rule. wouldn't it make more sense to immediately flag
> rpjd> that vpath directive as being invalid?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "not acceptable"; it definitely is
> acceptable. However, the second and subsequent % characters aren't
> treated as patterns, they're just treated as plain "%" characters.
ah, that wasn't obvious from the vpath section. thanks.
rday