cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/4908824

There are two major flavours of variables in GNU Make: “simple” and “recursive”.

While simple variables are quite simple and easy to understand, they can be limiting at times. On the other hand, recursive variables are powerful yet tricky.

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There is exactly one rule to recall when using recursive variables…

🧠 The value of a recursive variable is computed every time it is expanded.