Makefile Functions & Text Processing/value raw variable text

Read a variable without expanding it.

Section: Shell, call, eval, and generated rules

value raw variable text

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RAW_RULE := $(value SOME_TEMPLATE)
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Useful when working with `eval` and templates.

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