bash and make are trapped in an endless loop

Dave Korn dave.korn@artimi.com
Tue Jun 28 15:51:00 GMT 2005


----Original Message----
>From: Dave Korn
>Sent: 27 June 2005 16:04

> ----Original Message----
>> From: Ross Boulet
>> Sent: 27 June 2005 15:54
> 
>>> ----Original Message----
>>>> From: Christian Matuszewski
>>>> Sent: 27 June 2005 12:42
> 
>>>> When i then kill make with Ctrl-C and enter the asterisk in the command
>>>> line, I have the same behaviour, i. e. executing '*' will give the same
>>>> messages and ends in an endless loop.
>>> 
>>>   WDDTT!
>>> 
>> Maybe it's just Monday and I'm brain dead, but I couldn't
>> find WDDTT in the OLOCA or elsewhere.  Could someone please enlighten me?
>> 
>> Thanks
> 
> 
> http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/D/Don-t-do-that-then-.html
> 


  It may be apocryphal, but I've seen the origin of the joke attributed to
Henny Youngman before.


http://www.funny2.com/henny.htm

    cheers,
      DaveK
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