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Re: Documentation error
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Paul Smith |
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Re: Documentation error |
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Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:22:48 -0400 |
On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 10:01 +0100, mohamed hassanine aissa wrote:
> Dear Sir or Madam,
> I think i've found a little error in the documentation of GNU make:
> section : 9.5 Overriding Variables
>
> citation "An argument that contains `=' specifies the value of a
> variable: `v=x' sets the value of the variable v to x"
>
> error: v=x sets the value of the variable x to v and not v to x.
> yours
Nope, I think the docs are right. v=x sets the value of the variable
named "v" to the value "x", which is what the docs say.
In other words, FOO=bar sets the (value of the) variable FOO to the
string "bar".
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- Documentation error, mohamed hassanine aissa, 2009/10/16
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