Formerly make.texinfo.~69~

diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo
index 388023bbd0aca07012fc987f915b487e9e308e64..504b4fb8a41dcaa4a36ace5b7f5cac3cc108bcec 100644 (file)
--- a/make.texinfo
+++ b/make.texinfo
@@ -3435,7 +3435,9 @@ dependencies may not be remade properly if the target file actually does exist.
 A @dfn{variable} is a name defined in a makefile to represent a string
 of text, called the variable's @dfn{value}.  These values are
 substituted by explicit request into targets, dependencies, commands,
-and other parts of the makefile.
+and other parts of the makefile.  (In some other versions of @code{make},
+variables are called @dfn{macros}.)
+@cindex macro
 
 Variables and functions in all parts of a makefile are expanded when
 read, except for the shell commands in rules, the right-hand sides of