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Re: $ in source file names
- To: Robert Boehne <rboehne at ricardo-us dot com>
- Subject: Re: $ in source file names
- From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva at lsd dot ic dot unicamp dot br>
- Date: 20 Feb 2001 06:26:20 -0300
- Cc: automake at gnu dot org, libtool at gnu dot org
- List-Id: Discussion list for automake <automake.gnu.org>
- References: <3A89A80C.AD32E6D7@ricardo-us.com><ory9v8zj7w.fsf@guarana.lsd.ic.unicamp.br><3A91BF00.D41F13DA@ricardo-us.com>
On Feb 19, 2001, Robert Boehne <rboehne@ricardo-us.com> wrote:
> I attempted to build a test case which uses a file with a $ in
> the name.
> Is this not supported by Automake, or is it a bug?
The former, I think.
> If Automake doesn't support $ in source file names, then
> I would suggest that it isn't an important requirement for Libtool.
I disagree. libtool can be used independently from automake. And, in
fact, until libtool supports correctly file names containing `$' and
line-feeds, I won't be convinced we do the right thing regarding
single-evaluation of arguments.
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