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@set EDITION 0.44
@set VERSION 3.69 Beta
@set UPDATED 17 September 1993
@set UPDATE-MONTH September 1993
@set UPDATED 21 October 1993
@set UPDATE-MONTH October 1993
@c finalout
@ -8069,6 +8069,14 @@ In System V and 4.3 BSD @code{make}, files found by @code{VPATH} search
strings. We feel it is much cleaner to always use automatic variables
and thus make this feature obsolete.@refill
@item
In some Unix @code{make}s, the automatic variable @code{$*} appearing in
the dependencies of a rule has the amazingly strange ``feature'' of
expanding to the full name of the @emph{target of that rule}. We cannot
imagine what went on in the minds of Unix @code{make} developers to do
this; it is utterly inconsistent with the normal definition of @code{$*}.
@vindex * @r{(automatic variable), unsupported bizarre usage}
@item
In some Unix @code{make}s, implicit rule search
(@pxref{Implicit Rules, ,Using Implicit Rules}) is apparently done for