RE: [bug #17529] Variable set with $(shell date '+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S') changes mid-make

[Martin Dorey]

>  http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Flavors.html

How about expanding:

"The two flavors are distinguished in how they are defined and in what
they do when expanded."

To say:

"The two flavors are distinguished in how they are defined, in what they
do when expanded and in which phase of make's operation they are
expanded (see the discussion of deferred versus immediate expansion in
Reading Makefiles)."

How about also adding a cross-reference to the Reading Makefiles,
Variable Assignment section to say something like:

"Variables whose expansion is deferred are also referred to as
recursively expanded variables.  Variables which are immediately
expanded are also known as simply expanded variables.  See The Two
Flavors of Variables."
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Martin's Outlook, BlueArc Engineering