RE: probs with eval

[Joshi, Vikas]

I am sure I am not using 3.8. 

If I cannot upgrade then what are my options other than explicitly
mentioning all the expandable constructs ? If there is a patch for eval
for the version I am using then I might be able to use the patch but for
sure cannot upgrade at this time.

The version I am using is:

GNU Make version 3.79.1 (Symbian build 004), by Richard Stallman and
Roland McGrath.
Built for Windows32
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Report bugs to <address@hidden>.

-Vikas

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Smith [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Paul D.
Smith
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:36 PM
To: Joshi, Vikas
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: probs with eval

%% "Vikas Joshi" <address@hidden> writes:

  vj> I have following construct. When I run substituting eval with
  vj> warning it shows the correct rules constructed. When run using
  vj> eval it cannot find the rules. Am I missing something ?

Are you sure you're using a new-enough version of GNU make?

To use eval you need GNU make 3.80.

  vj> COMMONSRC := a.c \
  vj>   xyz\b.c \
  vj>   pqr\abc\d.c

It's a very bad idea to use backslashes in filenames in make.  You
should always use forward slashes.  Most Windows programs will work with
both.

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