Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Move these variables over to the shared.max, we'll make use of them in max? > a subsequent commit. There was no reason for these to be "simply > expanded variables", so let's use the normal lazy "=" assignment here. Seems to do unrelated things "while at it" which is a common pattern that slows the reviews down. > diff --git a/shared.mak b/shared.mak > index 1dda948df09..f6b589ffd8f 100644 > --- a/shared.mak > +++ b/shared.mak > @@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ > # > # info make --index-search=.DELETE_ON_ERROR > .DELETE_ON_ERROR: > + > +### Global variables > + > +## comma, empty, space: handy variables as these tokens are either > +## special or can be hard to spot among other Makefile syntax. > +comma = , > +empty = > +space = $(empty) $(empty) In any case, wanting to have a $(space) is not specific to the top-level Makefile, and it is a good idea to move them to the shared file.