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| -rw-r--r-- | make.texinfo | 4 |
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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 |