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From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com>
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Subject: Re: Any objection to adding a .undef(VARNAME) to make?
To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 22:39:20 -0500 (CDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199504212349.RAA14054@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 21, 95 05:49:40 pm
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> FOO= 1

> FOO= undefined

How about just:

	FOO=

make an empty definition undefined. Undefineds are treated as empty in make
anyway. It would also match the way .SUFFIXES: works.