%% Andre Majorel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

  >> You have to use eval.

  am> Couldn't he write:

  am> define newline


  am> endef

  am> $(foreach program,$(PROGRAMS),$(program): $($(program)_OBJ)$(newline))

  am> ?

No.  You can try it and see that it doesn't work.

A single line of a makefile is interpreted to be a single line of a
makefile, even if the expansion includes newlines.


The only way to do this is through eval.

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