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authorRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1993-01-04 20:42:16 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1993-01-04 20:42:16 +0000
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@@ -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