GNU make: substitution references

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1 total messages Started by Mike McNally Mon, 26 Jun 1989 16:28

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Author: Mike McNally
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1989 16:28

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It seems that GNU make (3.48) doesn't expand the value of a variable in 
a simple substitution reference:

BLAH=balloons
BLEE=$(BLAH)

 . . .

	echo $(BLEE:oo=OO)	# should be ballOOns, instead is $(BLAH)

I'm not sure what the "right" thing to do is; I have lots and lots of
Makefiles that use the feature as provided by our own brain-dead mutant
of "make", and it does do the expansion.  I added a call to
expand_argument() at the appropriate place in variable.c, but I'm
willing to hear arguments to the contrary.

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