On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 02:14:23PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-14 14:36:22 +0300: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 11:57:18AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > In any event, could someone point me to a place in the make(1) man page > > > where it says that the S and C modifiers dereference variables given in > > > both the pattern and replacement, while the N and M modifiers insist on > > > being fed literal strings? I couldn't find it. Thanks! :) > > > > The last paragraph of the S modifier talks about variable expansion > > inside the "old_string" and "new_string". There is no similar talk > > in the M and N descriptions. Even the OpenBSD's make(1) is subject > > to this same restriction. > > Ok, so that's the missing part. Anyway, is there a technical reason > why this is so? > Yes, there is. You forgot to send us the patch. :-)
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