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@set EDITION 0.44 @set EDITION 0.44
@set VERSION 3.69 Beta @set VERSION 3.69 Beta
@set UPDATED 17 September 1993 @set UPDATED 21 October 1993
@set UPDATE-MONTH September 1993 @set UPDATE-MONTH October 1993
@c finalout @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 strings. We feel it is much cleaner to always use automatic variables
and thus make this feature obsolete.@refill 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 @item
In some Unix @code{make}s, implicit rule search In some Unix @code{make}s, implicit rule search
(@pxref{Implicit Rules, ,Using Implicit Rules}) is apparently done for (@pxref{Implicit Rules, ,Using Implicit Rules}) is apparently done for