1# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Syntax-of-Functions 2,:= , 3empty:= 4space:= $(empty) $(empty) 5foo:= a b c 6bar:= $(subst $(space),$,,$(foo)) 7# bar is now `,abc' 8# space in `,$(foo)' replaced with `$', which will be empty 9 10test: 11 echo $(bar) 12