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Re: Enhancement request regarding make variable names


From: Noel Yap
Subject: Re: Enhancement request regarding make variable names
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:01:25 -0500

"Dale R. Worley" wrote:
> 
> [This enhancement request is for Gnu make 3.79.1.]
> 
> It would be a useful thing if Make variable names were forbidden to
> contain slash (`/'), as well as `:', `#', and `='.  The reason I make
> this request is that I was rebuilding a Linux kernel in a directory
> named (more or less) `/auto/LABEL=Backup/linux-2.4.20-24.8.test4'.
> The Linux kernel makefile expands out the full path of the files it is
> working with, rather than using relative names, so at one point, it
> generated a Makefile rule looking something like this:

I currently use a macro __FILE__ that contains the filename of an included 
makefile (including the path).  I then use this to create "namespace"-scoped 
variables (eg $(__FILE__).foo := bar).

If votes mattered, I would vote "Nay" on this request.

Are you able to "quote" these special characters such that they would be 
interpreted the way you'd like?

Noel
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