[Bug preprocessor/19361] -MT option does not escape funny characters

[neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk]

------- Additional Comments From neil at daikokuya dot co dot uk  2005-01-10 15:01 -------
Subject: Re:  New: -MT option does not escape funny characters

abbott at dima dot unige dot it wrote:-

> The -MT option really does use precisely the specified string as the target. 
> It would be better if spaces (and other funny characters) were 
> escaped (using backslash) in the output. 
>  
> Note: for my purposes it would be enough to follow the proposal in 
> bug #15185 that there be an option to force the full path name in 
> the target. 
>  
> EXAMPLE: compare the outputs of the following two calls to gcc 
> $ touch my\ prog.c 
> $ gcc -MM my\ prog.c 
> my\ prog.o: my\ prog.c 
> $ gcc -MM my\ prog.c -MT my\ prog.o 
> my prog.o: my\ prog.c 
>  
> I am inclined to say that the second output is wrong.

What's wrong with -MQ?


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