[MinGW-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-3563917 ] mingw32-make 3.82.90 removes backslashes from dependencies

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Bugs item #3563917, was opened at 2012-08-31 22:40
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Category: MinGW
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Ketan Surender (ksurender)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: mingw32-make 3.82.90 removes backslashes from dependencies

Initial Comment:
I am using Windows 7, mingw32-make 3.82.90,  and the windows command prompt.  When a target dependency in a makefile is provided using a windows style directory with backslashes make errors saying that the target cannot be located.  In the error message, make states that it is looking for a target with a different name than the specified dependency.  This different name is the actual dependency with all backslashes removed.  For example if the dependency is named '..\myLib' the error will state that make cannot find the target '..myLib'.  

I have attached an example "test_make.gcc".  To see the behavior execute the following in the windows command prompt with mingw32-make 3.82.90:

> mingw32-make -f test_make.gcc setup

The setup target tries to create a directory named "lib" in the parent directory.  An error about a missing target named '..lib' happens instead.

I have not observed the same behavior to happen using mingw32-make 3.82.

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