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From: Oliver Eikemeier <eikemeier@fillmore-labs.com>
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Subject: Re: make versus _MANPAGE
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Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

[...]
> I am currently fighting a very nasty problem where a construct involving
> .for in a Makefile works as expected, depending on whether I use it before
> .include <bsd.port.post.mk> or after.
[...]

.for evaluates its arguments immediately, not delayed. _MANPAGES is defined in
bsd.port.pre.mk, so it is only defined *afterwards*. Works as advertised.

**Be aware that nobody guarantees you that _MANPAGES is available after bsd.port.pre.mk**
Changes in bsd.port.mk may break your code without further notice.

-Oliver