[cdt-dev] RE: Make won't handle colons in makefile variables

[Alex Yin <alex_yin88@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tomas,
 
I had the same problem with cygwin make 3.81, and the solution of downgrading it to 3.80 works for me. Here is what I did to get it work:
 
1. Use cygwin setup to uninstall make 3.81.
 
2. Download make 3.80 package
http://cygwin.paracoda.com/release/make/make-3.80-1.tar.bz2
 
3. Under cygwin shell, go to the root directory "/", do following
tar jxvf make-3.80-1.tar.bz2
 
Thanks,
--alex
 
> Current Cygwin make version is 3.81. I have been trying to use another 
> version of the Cygwin make, which was supposed to include the mentioned 
> option. This version is the 3.80. However, surprisingly make always 
> gives me the same error. I have tried to include the patch in the make 
> source and compile it, but I got some nasty STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW 
> exception.
> 
> I will keep on trying to recompile and ask the Cygwin people about this 
> (although they will probably refer me to the patch). In the mean time, 
> is there anybody in the CDT community that has come across the same 
> error and has found a way to overcome it?
> 
> Any comment will be very much appreciated
> Best regards
> 
> Tomas
>

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