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Re: environmental variables are recursively expanded


From: Paul D. Smith
Subject: Re: environmental variables are recursively expanded
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:17:08 -0500

%% gk <address@hidden> writes:

  g> Is this behavior by accident or design?

Design.  Plus compatibility: that's the way POSIX make and all other
makes work (since they don't have simple expansion).

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