%% "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
nc> export${space}NUMOSVERSION
nc> Is there some reason why the generated export line would be
nc> invalid? I would have thought the macro would need to be expanded
nc> before processing the line for syntax.
No. _Before_ the line can be expanded it must be recognized (variable
setting, rule definition, etc.), so make knows what kind of expansion to
perform. Not all lines in a makefile are expanded the same way.
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