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6.2 The Two Flavors of Variables
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There are different ways that a variable in GNU 'make' can get a value;
we call them the "flavors" of variables.  The flavors are distinguished
in how they handle the values they are assigned in the makefile, and in
how those values are managed when the variable is later used and
expanded.

* Menu:

* Recursive Assignment::        Setting recursively expanded variables.
* Simple Assignment::           Setting simply expanded variables.
* Immediate Assignment::        Setting immediately expanded variables.
* Conditional Assignment::      Assigning variable values conditionally.