[bug #64818] patsubst shorthand documentation bug?

[Parminder Singh]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64818>

                 Summary: patsubst shorthand documentation bug?
                   Group: make
               Submitter: parmi93
               Submitted: Thu 26 Oct 2023 01:52:37 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
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Date: Thu 26 Oct 2023 01:52:37 PM UTC By: Parminder Singh <parmi93>
https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#index-patsubst-1

The manual states that
$(var:pattern=replacement)
is equivalent to
$(patsubst pattern,replacement,$(var))

it also says that
$(var:suffix=replacement)
is equivalent to
$(patsubst %suffix,%replacement,$(var))

I'm confused, the '$(var:pattern=replacement)' and '$(var:suffix=replacement)'
commands are the same.

Is this a documentation error, or am I missing something?







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