problem in $(call ...) [func_call()]

hello GNU Make maintainers, i was writing a bunch of makefiles, and i wanted to use $(call VARIABL) in my makefile, but if the VARIABLE referenced itself, it gave segmentation fault. here is a stripped down version of the makefile which segfaults for me always. --snip-Makefile-- CMD=echo

Re: problem in $(call ...) [func_call()]

%% Anand Avati [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: aa i do read a changelog entry in 2002-04-28 telling that exp_count aa contains max number of recursive calls allowed. but i do not aa understand why $(CMD) gets set with exp_count=0 while $(call CMD) aa gets set with exp_count=EXP_COUNT_MAX..