# [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? -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
