Re: complex conditionals

[Paul Smith]

On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 09:42 -0700, Buonopane, Robert wrote:

> I am using gmake 2.8 but have docs for 2.8.1.

I'm quite sure you're not using 2.8 or 2.8.1, since those versions never
existed.

Perhaps you mean 3.80 and 3.81?

> 2.8.1 states:
> 
>      conditional-directive
>      text-if-one-is-true
>      else conditional-directive
>      text-if-true
>      else
>      text-if-false
>      endif
> 
> but this does not seem to work with my 2.8.
> 
> Is this structure a new feature in 2.8.1 or am I doing something
> wrong.

It is a new feature in GNU make 3.81.

The NEWS file that comes with the GNU make source contains a complete
list of which features were added in which releases.

Cheers!