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Re: Online manual: wrong define in eval section
From: |
Georg Sauthoff |
Subject: |
Re: Online manual: wrong define in eval section |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:04:29 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 11:48:36AM -0400, Paul Smith wrote:
Hi,
> It's not the manual that's outdated, it's your version of GNU make.
> The online manual always defines the latest version of GNU make, which
> is currently GNU make 3.82. You're using GNU make 3.81, which is not
> the latest, so your version of GNU make doesn't match the manual.
> You can tell this by looking right at the beginning of the manual where
> it says:
>
> This is Edition 0.71, last updated 19 July 2010, of The GNU Make
> Manual, for GNU make version 3.82.
>
> If you want accurate documentation then use the version that comes with
> the version of GNU make you have installed.
oh, you are right.
Somehow did not expect such a change in syntax at this age of GNU make or
between minor version numbers.
But sure, this is not an excuse for not reading the manual enough.
Best regards
Georg