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Re: gnumake 3.78.1 vs. 3.79.1: Directory as File Error?
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Randy Yates |
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Re: gnumake 3.78.1 vs. 3.79.1: Directory as File Error? |
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Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:55:59 GMT |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Rational FORTRAN, windows-nt) |
"Paul D. Smith" <psmith@gnu.org> writes:
> Heh. You're running one version of GNU make on Solaris, and a different
> version on Windows, and you're assuming the difference in behavior is
> because of _MAKE_ ... !?!? :-)
>
>
> Sorry, but this has nothing to do with make. Solaris (and all POSIX
> systems) ignore trailing slashes on pathnames.
>
> Windows doesn't.
Paul,
Maybe I responded too hastily. Whether I do "dir c:/mydir" or "dir c:/mydir/"
Windows will find the directory (file), no?
--Randy
>
> Hence your different behavior.
>
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