about variable names starting with `_' is about *Make* variables.
2003-07-10 Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>
+ * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (define): Make clear the diagnostic
+ about variable names starting with `_' is about *Make* variables.
+
For Debian Bug #193907:
* automake.texi (Clean): make maintainer-clean should still
allow ./configure && make to run.
# NEWS-OS 4.2R complains if a Makefile variable begins with `_'.
msg ('portability', $where,
- "$var: variable names starting with `_' are not portable")
+ "$var: Make variable names starting with `_' are not portable")
if $var =~ /^_/;
# `:='-style assignments are not acknowledged by POSIX. Moreover it