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authorAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2001-09-18 14:31:26 +0000
committerAkim Demaille <akim@epita.fr>2001-09-18 14:31:26 +0000
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* doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Make) <$<>: New.
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@@ -9112,6 +9112,12 @@ being listed here. First of all, remember that since commands are
executed by the shell, all its weaknesses are inherited@dots{}
@table @asis
+@item @code{$<}
+@sc{posix} says that the @samp{$<} construct in makefiles can be used
+only in inference rules and in the @samp{.DEFAULT} rule; its meaning in
+ordinary rules is unspecified. Solaris 8's @command{make} for instance
+will replace it with the argument.
+
@item Leading underscore in macro names
Some Make don't support leading underscores in macro names, such as on
NEWS-OS 4.2R.