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Re: [PATCH 3/3] Makefile: add commented out 's for Emacs here, too

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Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
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Dec 19, 2013, 23:37 UTC
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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de> wrote:

> In the buildroot project (it consists of Makefiles) there a lots of
> those workarounds. There was a patch on the list to replace all
> $(strip $(subst ",,$(FOO))) with $(call strip_dquotes, $(FOO)), but
> $(call) is not allowed in git for compatibility reasons.
Hmm.  What compatibility reasons, and are they still applicable?

[If you're wondering why I'm revisiting this, I was looking through my branches for anything outstanding and found this patch series there.]

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Message 8 of 9 in “Documentation/Makefile: add a commented-out ' to unconfuse Emacs”
  1. 1/3 Documentation/Makefile: add a commented-out ' to unconfuse EmacsSamuel Bronson, May 25, 2009
  2. 2/3 Makefile: Add "make help" telling users to read INSTALL and MakefileSamuel Bronson, May 25, 2009
  3. 3/3 Makefile: add commented out 's for Emacs here, tooSamuel Bronson, May 25, 2009
  4. Markus HeidelbergMay 30, 2009
  5. Samuel BronsonMay 30, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2009
  7. Markus HeidelbergMay 30, 2009
  8. Samuel BronsonDec 19, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederDec 19, 2013

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