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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 9f32794..64dd5a6 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ @set EDITION 0.44 @set VERSION 3.69 Beta -@set UPDATED 17 September 1993 -@set UPDATE-MONTH September 1993 +@set UPDATED 21 October 1993 +@set UPDATE-MONTH October 1993 @c finalout @@ -8070,6 +8070,14 @@ strings. We feel it is much cleaner to always use automatic variables and thus make this feature obsolete.@refill @item +In some Unix @code{make}s, the automatic variable @code{$*} appearing in +the dependencies of a rule has the amazingly strange ``feature'' of +expanding to the full name of the @emph{target of that rule}. We cannot +imagine what went on in the minds of Unix @code{make} developers to do +this; it is utterly inconsistent with the normal definition of @code{$*}. +@vindex * @r{(automatic variable), unsupported bizarre usage} + +@item In some Unix @code{make}s, implicit rule search (@pxref{Implicit Rules, ,Using Implicit Rules}) is apparently done for @emph{all} targets, not just those without commands. This means you can |