Re: GNU make faults when a semicolon is present in a variable

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "M.N." <address@hidden>
> Newsgroups: 
> gnu.g++.help,gnu.gcc.help,gnu.misc.discuss,gnu.utils.bug,gnu.utils.help
> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:11:22 -0800
> 
> CLASSPATH = c:\apps\JSDK2.0\lib\jsdk.jar;c:\apps\javalibs\MD5.jar
> 
> JFLAGS=-classpath $(CLASSPATH) -deprecation -g
> 
> COMPILE.java=$(JAVAC) $(JFLAGS)
> 
> .java.class:
>         @echo ----------------- $(HOSTNAME) javac $< -----------------------
>         $(COMPILE.java) $<
> ...
> [snipped]
> 
> When I run make, it fails to interpret the semi-colon that separates MD5.jar
> and jsdk.jar as a literal, and it thinks it's some dependency or some other
> command and it fails to compile my .java file properly.

I tried this with the same port of Make (except on Windows 98, not on
W2K), and I cannot reproduce the problem you describe.

Could you please post _precisely_ what was the error message you saw?

(And please don't cross-post to all those other news groups: they are
irrelevant to this problem.)