Re: SGML makefile

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SGML makefile
Date: 2001-11-23 17:53:34
Message-ID: 200111231753.fANHrYb06362@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I added a comment to document the purpose. Thanks.
>
> Um ... is it portable to stick a comment into the body of a make
> rule like that? Shell comments and make comments aren't always
> the same.

I thought about that. Gmake texinfo manual says it is OK. I don't see
any other uses of it in our source, though.

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The commands of a rule consist of shell command lines to be executed
one by one. Each command line must start with a tab, except that the
first command line may be attached to the target-and-prerequisites line
with a semicolon in between. Blank lines and lines of just comments
may appear among the command lines; they are ignored. (But beware, an
apparently "blank" line that begins with a tab is _not_ blank! It is an
empty command; *note Empty Commands::.)

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