Re: about immediate and deferred variable assignment in GNU make

[Paul D. Smith]

%% Lin George <address@hidden> writes:

  >> info is a GNU make function (introduced in GNU make 3.81).
  >> You can look it up in the GNU make manual.
   
  lg>   a=abc
  lg>   all:
  lg>           $(info $(a))

You don't have to put this into a rule, if you don't want to.
   
  lg>   when I use make in Linux, the output is,
   
  lg>   make: 'all' is up to date.

I said:

  lg> info is a GNU make function (introduced in GNU make 3.81).

Most likely you are using an older version of GNU make.

Use "make --version" to see what version you're using.

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