Is it possible to get make variable without recursive expansion?

[Alfred Perlstein]

On 2/7/14, 11:38 AM, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> Hello, Alfred.
> You wrote 7 февраля 2014 г., 23:07:50:
>
> AP> Your only option would be to "cheat" and not use the expanded form I think:
>
> AP> A=aaa
> AP> B=bbb
> AP> AMB=\$${A} and \$${B}
>
> AP> a:
> AP>          echo "AMB=${AMB}"
>
> AP> Results in:
> AP> .(19:07:30)(alfred at freefall.freebsd.org)
> AP> ~ % make
> AP> echo "AMB=\${A} and \${B}"
> AP> AMB=${A} and ${B}
> AP> .(19:07:30)(alfred at freefall.freebsd.org)
> AP> ~ %
>
> AP> There is no way to query make(1) (that I can see) for the exact value at
> AP> the time of assignment and before expansion.
>   It is pity, because I need to make it with MAKE_ENV & CONFIGURE_MAKE
> variables in out port system :(
>
>
>

~ % make -f Makefile -XV AMB


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