URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66324>
Summary: Typo in documentation?
Group: make
Submitter: None
Submitted: Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:05:25 PM UTC
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Documentation
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Component Version: SCM
Operating System: None
Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Date: Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:05:25 PM UTC By: Anonymous
Hi, I think section 6.11 Target-specific Variable Values has a typo. It says:
> The variable-assignment can be any valid form of assignment; recursive
(‘=’), simple (‘:=’ or ‘::=’), immediate (‘::=’), ...
and the last operator should be `:::=` instead? The typo is there in the
current master. I'd submit a patch/PR but couldn't easily find how to do so,
here's the diff (untested
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 4b9bf985..34a257f2 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -6773,7 +6773,7 @@ Multiple @var{target} values create a target-specific
variable value for
each member of the target list individually.
The @var{variable-assignment} can be any valid form of assignment; recursive
-(@samp{=}), simple (@samp{:=} or @samp{::=}), immediate (@samp{::=}), shell
+(@samp{=}), simple (@samp{:=} or @samp{::=}), immediate (@samp{:::=}), shell
(@samp{!=}), or appending (@samp{+=}), and may be preceded by a conditional
modifier (@samp{?}). The variable that appears within the
@var{variable-assignment} is evaluated within the context of the target:
thus,
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