On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 06:04:42PM -0500, Adam C Powell IV wrote:
> I see. So something has changed recently in unstable such that braces don't
> always work
> any more? I usually use parentheses myself, but upstream has braces all over
> the place-
> I assumed they were interchangable (okay, so I'm a "make" newbie :-).
No.
> I can't find anything relevant in the make info page either...
To quote:
Basics of Variable References
=============================
To substitute a variable's value, write a dollar sign followed by
the name of the variable in parentheses or braces: either `$(foo)' or
`${foo}' is a valid reference to the variable `foo'. This special
significance of `$' is why you must write `$$' to have the effect of a
single dollar sign in a file name or command.
Julian
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