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| author | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-01-04 20:42:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-01-04 20:42:16 +0000 |
| commit | aa8a3b306db66c176c13857495f4d7c8be7f30d7 (patch) | |
| tree | ecfa4d0ffd3739d55e0e950888aa596961bdf251 /make.texinfo | |
| parent | 89b66be8b3a9a49faa99625a1fa7870e2e3878d5 (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-aa8a3b306db66c176c13857495f4d7c8be7f30d7.tar.gz | |
Formerly make.texinfo.~69~
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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 388023b..504b4fb 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -3435,7 +3435,9 @@ dependencies may not be remade properly if the target file actually does exist. A @dfn{variable} is a name defined in a makefile to represent a string of text, called the variable's @dfn{value}. These values are substituted by explicit request into targets, dependencies, commands, -and other parts of the makefile. +and other parts of the makefile. (In some other versions of @code{make}, +variables are called @dfn{macros}.) +@cindex macro Variables and functions in all parts of a makefile are expanded when read, except for the shell commands in rules, the right-hand sides of |