Re:Taskfile: A Modern Alternative to Makefile
by gjvc on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:21AM
(#36748019)
I use make for (among other things) transforming files; batch compression being the simplest example, so all one requires is a rule saying %.log.xz : %.log and all is well.
But if people have colons in filenames, for example for timestamps, all bets are off, and make chokes spectacularly.
Re:Taskfile: A Modern Alternative to Makefile
by lolcatnip on Sunday July 16, 2023 @05:03PM
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And that really sucks in Windows because every absolute path contains a colon. Not that absolute paths are common in makefiles, but it's not something that should break on a major platform.
But if people have colons in filenames, for example for timestamps, all bets are off, and make chokes spectacularly.