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Re: make dumps core on empty filename
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: make dumps core on empty filename |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Feb 2004 15:12:32 -0500 |
%% Manoj Srivastava <address@hidden> writes:
ms> zircon$ make -f ''
ms> make: file.c:57: lookup_file: Assertion *name != '\0'' failed.
ms> Aborted (core dumped)
ms> Clearly passing in an empty string as the filename is an error, but
ms> I think it should be reported to the user in a more friendly manner
ms> than by dumping core with an assertion failure...
ms> In contrast:
ms> zircon$ make -C ''
ms> make: *** : No such file or directory. Stop.
This bug has been fixed in the source for GNU make. The fix will be
available in the next release.
Thanks for your report!
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