Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:58:04 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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	Williams on Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:36:33 -0500)
Subject: Re: file names in Makefile
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> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:36:33 -0500
> From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
> 
> SRC += '2001;6(2):126--135.pdf'
> 
> all:	$(SRC)
> 	pdf2ps $^
> 
> 
> If I try to quote my way around this, I get a message like this:
> 
> % make
> make: *** No rule to make target `'2001', needed by `all'.  Stop.
> 
> If I backslash the semicolon and/or parentheses, I get this:
> 
> % make
> Makefile:4: *** target pattern contains no `%'.  Stop.

You need to quote the colon as well:

  SRC += 2001\;6(2)\:126--135.pdf

This works for me, except that the backslash which quotes the colon is
not removed.  I suspect that's a DJGPP-specific bug (due to drive
letters in file names which need special handling), and that on a Unix
box you will not see that problem.  Could you please see whether Make
indeed has a bug there, and perhaps suggest a way to fix that?

In any case, the Make escape character is a backslash and nothing
else.  Single and double quotes work only in commands (as opposed to
rules), and that's because they are handled by the shell, not by Make.

I also believe that you don't need to escape the parentheses.