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Re: FYI: catch variable names starting with `_' (PR/291).


From: Tom Tromey
Subject: Re: FYI: catch variable names starting with `_' (PR/291).
Date: 09 Jul 2002 18:04:19 -0600
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>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:

adl> Presently, the _SOURCES variable for target `4th' is
adl> `4th_SOURCES'.  No leading underscore.  This seems to comply
adl> with POSIX rules to name Makefile variables.

Wow, I didn't know that.  How embarrassing.

adl>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2002-04/msg00142.html
adl>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/automake/2002-04/msg00145.html

One of these would be good.  The need for something like _NAME comes
up pretty frequently.  I still don't know what we'd do about libraries
though.

Tom



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