Help using "eval" ala section 8.8

[Caleb Epstein]

        I'm having difficulty using "eval" with an example taken more
        or less verbatim from the GNU Make manual, section 8.8.  I am
        using GNU make 3.80 on a GNU/Debian Linux box.

        Here's my Makefile:

---
PROGRAMS    = hello

hello_OBJS = hello.o

# Everything after this is generic

.PHONY: all
all: $(PROGRAMS)

define PROGRAM_template
 $(1): $$($(1)_OBJ) $$($(1)_LIBS:%=-l%)
 ALL_OBJS   += $$($(1)_OBJS)
endef

$(foreach prog,$(PROGRAMS),$(eval $(call PROGRAM_template,$(prog))))

$(PROGRAMS):
        $(LINK.o) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@

clean:
        rm -f $(ALL_OBJS) $(PROGRAMS)
---

        I have a hello.c which is a simple hello world program, but
        when I type "make", I just get this output:

---
cc     -o hello
cc: no input files
make: *** [hello] Error 1
---
        Looking at the output of "make -p", the "hello" target is
        listed with no dependencies.  This is, I assume, why hello.o
        is not being build and is not being included in the link phase.

        Any thoughts on how to make this work?

#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Implicit/static pattern stem: `'
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has been updated.
#  Failed to be updated.
# automatic
# @ := hello
# automatic
# % :=
# automatic
# * :=
# automatic
# + :=
# automatic
# | :=
# automatic
# < :=
# automatic
# ^ :=
# automatic
# ? :=
# variable set hash-table stats:
# Load=8/32=25%, Rehash=0, Collisions=1/17=6%
#  commands to execute (from `Makefile', line 17):
        $(LINK.o) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@

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