Re: $(<) is used incorrectly in Makefile.kern.inc

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:04:28PM +0300, Jarmo Jaakkola wrote:
 > The variable $(<) (.IMPSRC) is used in Makefile.kern.inc in
 > the NORMAL_C, NOPROF_C, and NORMAL_S macros.  These macros are then
 > used in _explicit_ rules instead of suffix transformation rules.
 > The variable is not supposed to be available, but as a side effect of
 > a bug (PR 49086, issue 8), it has been available.

That is not a bug. Extending $(.IMPSRC) to work for all rules, like
gmake has ~always done, was intentional a while back.

It may have been done wrong though.

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David A. Holland
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