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From:
Michael G Schwern
Date:
December 31, 2004 00:13
Subject:
Re: [ANNOUNCE] ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.25_06
Message ID:
20041231081309.GA13890@windhund.schwern.org
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:49:57PM -0600, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> What's happened here is that MMK has successfully processed the
> silent prefix but ignored the ignore prefix.  It apparently takes
> whichever one it comes to last when there is space between them.
> MMS, on the other hand, has successfully processed the ignore prefix
> but has treated the silent prefix as part of the command; it
> apparently takes whichever one it comes to first.
> 
> Furthermore, I can't see any way to make the ignore prefix work as a
> macro.  The decision about whether the success or failure of a
> command will be taken into account apparently happens before macro
> substitution in both MMK and MMS.

This has been fixed.  I've moved back to a literal - and am using 
"-$(NOECHO) command" which seems to make everybody happy.


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Michael G Schwern     schwern@pobox.com     http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/
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