apb@cequrux.com said:
> Is ".OBJDIR: foo" equivalent to ".OBJDIR := foo"?  The make(1) man
> page doesn't say so. 

Afaict a ":=" or "=" assignment does not do anything at all.
The manpage says "`.OBJDIR' may be modified in the makefile"...
It doesn't say how, but since this is is in a section about
variables one would assume that it behaves like a variable
in this regard. The manpage is misleading at least.

best regards
Matthias