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From:	"Robert Riebisch (Robert DOT Riebisch AT arcor DOT de) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Obscure (?) Makefile syntax
Date:	Sun, 13 Mar 2022 19:27:10 +0100
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Hi all,

let's go a "few" years back in time... into 2002. *g*

In a Makefile I found this line:
copy /B $(DJGPP:\DJGPP.ENV=)\bin\pmodstub.exe+a foo.exe

This fails with 'Path not found' on my Windows XP system, because it
resolves to:
copy /B c:\djgpp\djgpp.env\bin\pmodstub.exe+a foo.exe

That 'djgpp.env\' is the culprit.

I mean, it's clear, what this line is intended to do, but I've never
seen this line before.

Why does it not work on my system?
How to make it work? Do I need the change some setting on my system?
(Yes, I already know how to work around, but I'm curious.)

-- 
Robert Riebisch

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