Variables are largely described as being one of the following flavors: * Recursively expanded * Simply expanded
The two occurrences of the word `static' in regard to the variable flavor have been replaced with the word `simple' in order to maintain consistency. Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwit...@gmail.com> --- doc/make.texi | 6 +++--- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index 723e1c7..8d5ab24 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ first (unescaped) variable reference to @var{ONEVAR} is expanded, while the second (escaped) variable reference is simply unescaped, without being recognized as a variable reference. Now during the secondary expansion the first word is expanded again but since it -contains no variable or function references it remains the static +contains no variable or function references it remains the value @file{onefile}, while the second word is now a normal reference to the variable @var{TWOVAR}, which is expanded to the value @file{twofile}. The final result is that there are two prerequisites, @@ -5846,13 +5846,13 @@ 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{=}), static (@samp{:=}), appending (@samp{+=}), or +recursive (@samp{=}), simple (@samp{:=}), appending (@samp{+=}), or conditional (@samp{?=}). All variables that appear within the @var{variable-assignment} are evaluated within the context of the target: thus, any previously-defined target-specific variable values will be in effect. Note that this variable is actually distinct from any ``global'' value: the two variables do not have to have the same -flavor (recursive vs.@: static). +flavor (recursive vs.@: simple). Target-specific variables have the same priority as any other makefile variable. Variables provided on the command line (and in the -- 1.7.4.rc0 _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make