From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 20:42:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Formerly make.texinfo.~69~
X-Git-Tag: 3.70.2~488
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aa8a3b306db66c176c13857495f4d7c8be7f30d7;p=thirdparty%2Fmake.git

Formerly make.texinfo.~69~
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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo
index 388023bb..504b4fb8 100644
--- 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