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[bug #66324] Typo in documentation?


From: anonymous
Subject: [bug #66324] Typo in documentation?
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:05:30 -0400 (EDT)

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?66324>

                 Summary: Typo in documentation?
                   Group: make
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:05:25 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: SCM
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None


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Date: Fri 11 Oct 2024 04:05:25 PM UTC By: Anonymous
Hi, I think section 6.11 Target-specific Variable Values has a typo. It says:

> The variable-assignment can be any valid form of assignment; recursive
(‘=’), simple (‘:=’ or ‘::=’), immediate (‘::=’), ...

and the last operator should be `:::=` instead? The typo is there in the
current master. I'd submit a patch/PR but couldn't easily find how to do so,
here's the diff (untested

diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index 4b9bf985..34a257f2 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -6773,7 +6773,7 @@ Multiple @var{target} values create a target-specific
variable value for
 each member of the target list individually.
 
 The @var{variable-assignment} can be any valid form of assignment; recursive
-(@samp{=}), simple (@samp{:=} or @samp{::=}), immediate (@samp{::=}), shell
+(@samp{=}), simple (@samp{:=} or @samp{::=}), immediate (@samp{:::=}), shell
 (@samp{!=}), or appending (@samp{+=}), and may be preceded by a conditional
 modifier (@samp{?}).  The variable that appears within the
 @var{variable-assignment} is evaluated within the context of the target:
thus,








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