* automake.in (macro_define): Make clear the diagnostic about

variable names starting with `_' is about *Make* variables.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4b21edafc..961fcb1cf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-07-10  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@gnu.org>
 
+	* automake.in (macro_define): Make clear the diagnostic about
+	variable names starting with `_' is about *Make* variables.
+
 	For Debian Bug #193907:
 	* automake.texi (Clean): make maintainer-clean should still
 	allow ./configure && make to run.
diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index a4f04a74e..ab22ab159 100755
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -6433,7 +6433,7 @@ sub macro_define ($$$$$$)
 
   # NEWS-OS 4.2R complains if a Makefile variable begins with `_'.
   msg ('portability', $where,
-       "$var: variable names starting with `_' are not portable")
+       "$var: Make variable names starting with `_' are not portable")
     if $var =~ /^_/;
 
   # `:='-style assignments are not acknowledged by POSIX.  Moreover it