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| author | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-10-20 05:46:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-10-20 05:46:21 +0000 |
| commit | 4daf275eddefa17c0d703e3a613b77d3ba50d970 (patch) | |
| tree | 240e3b33281275cbe84fd9fea9498573370069bd /make.texinfo | |
| parent | d27b2c3de5cfeeeece9e367b06afab9cf5bb7ef1 (diff) | |
| download | gunmake-4daf275eddefa17c0d703e3a613b77d3ba50d970.tar.gz | |
Formerly make.texinfo.~120~
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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 46c50e8..9f32794 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -7070,8 +7070,8 @@ in that way. Instead, if the target name ends with a recognized suffix the target name minus the suffix. For example, if the target name is @samp{foo.c}, then @samp{$*} is set to @samp{foo}, since @samp{.c} is a suffix. GNU @code{make} does this bizarre thing only for compatibility -with other implementations of @code{make}. You should generally never use -@samp{$*} except in implicit rules or static pattern rules.@refill +with other implementations of @code{make}. You should generally avoid +using @samp{$*} except in implicit rules or static pattern rules.@refill If the target name in an explicit rule does not end with a recognized suffix, @samp{$*} is set to the empty string for that rule. |