Re: Compiling git with makepp patch

> Daniel Pfeiffer wrote:
>>   # Shell quote;
>> -bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))#'
>> -gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir))#'
>> -gitwebstaticdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir)/static)#'
>> -SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))#'
>> -PERL_PATH_SQ  = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))#'
>> -DESTDIR_SQ    = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))#'
>> +Q='
>> +# ' This comment is only to appease IDEs like Emacs.
>> +# The comment is on a new line, else makepp would see it as a quoted hash.
>> +bindir_SQ = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(bindir))
>> +gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(gitwebdir))
>> +gitwebstaticdir_SQ = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(gitwebdir)/static)
>> +SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
>> +PERL_PATH_SQ  = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(PERL_PATH))
>> +DESTDIR_SQ    = $(subst $Q,'\'',$(DESTDIR))
> Confusingly, you talk about comments above, but the real issue is that
> your makepp apparently gives the ' special meaning.  For once "info
> make" and "man 1p make" on my system agree on the semantics of ': none
> at all.  From the latter:
>
>    Early proposals stated that an "unquoted" number sign  was  treated  as  the
>    start of a comment. The make utility does not pay any attention to quotes. A
>    number sign starts a comment regardless of its surroundings.