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From: karl@claude.umb.edu (Karl Berry)
Newsgroups: gnu.utils.bug
Subject: make 3.58 and ""
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Date: 21 Feb 90 15:07:42 GMT
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A line in enter_file in file.c says to abort if the filename begins with
a null. This happens with a command line like, e.g.,

make ""

An error message would be friendlier!

karl@cs.umb.edu