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| -rw-r--r-- | src/Makefile.global.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/Makefile.global.in b/src/Makefile.global.in index cb5f31c3eab..85cf6177869 100644 --- a/src/Makefile.global.in +++ b/src/Makefile.global.in @@ -559,9 +559,10 @@ endif # This function is only for internal use below. It should be called # using $(eval). It will set up a target so that it recurses into # a given subdirectory. Note that to avoid a nasty bug in make 3.80, -# it is important that the expansion of this function not exceed about -# 200 bytes. This is why we make it apply to just one subdirectory at a -# time, rather than to a list of subdirectories. +# this function has to avoid using any complicated constructs (like +# multiple targets on a line) and also not contain any lines that expand +# to more than about 200 bytes. This is why we make it apply to just one +# subdirectory at a time, rather than to a list of subdirectories. # $1: target name, e.g., all # $2: subdir name # $3: target to run in subdir, usually same as $1 |