GNU make: substitution references

[Mike McNally]

[ I've sent this to unix.wizards as well, because System V make has
come into question.  I don't really want to start another ridiculous
war about whose make is best. ]

In article <5754 at lynx.UUCP> m5 at lynx.UUCP (Mike McNally) writes:
>It seems that GNU make (3.48) doesn't expand the value of a variable in 
>a simple substitution reference:

I've since found out that System V make doesn't either.  Yuk.  Blech.

>BLAH=balloons
>BLEE=$(BLAH)
>
> . . .
>
>	echo $(BLEE:oo=OO)	# should be ballOOns, instead is $(BLAH)

Well, this wouldn't work anyway, because of the feature (documented in
the GNU make manual, but contradicted by the System V man page) that
make won't substitute unless the string is found at the end of the
text.  Yuk again, I say.  Here I went to the trouble of getting my
make mutant to work like the System V make is documented, and then
I take advantage of the feature, and now I'm stuck.  Phooey.


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