Re: colon - windows path "C:/Program Files/libtoto.h"

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:11:37 +0100
> From: "address@hidden" <address@hidden>
> 
> I use GNU Make 3.81 on windows directly with DOS (not cygwin). It's for a 
> little makefile library http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/makecfiles.
> 
> I have a problem with paths that contain ":". This problem has already been 
> mentioned, but no solution has been made.
> http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/address@hidden/9534935.html
> The problem mentioned in another discussion 
> (http://www.nabble.com/3.81-and-windows-paths-td5527972.html#a5552260
> ) is that :
> foo : c:bar
> should this be interpreted as a static pattern rule:
> foo : c : bar

Please show a short self-contained example of a Makefile that gives
you trouble with colons.  It could be a bug.  You shouldn't need to do
anything special to get c:/foo/bar file names supported on Windows.

Also, please show any error messages that the example emits.