Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
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--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/chapter.xml
@@ -3290,6 +3290,14 @@
 		other:${PORTSDIR}/lang/other
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${MY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${MY_DEPENDS}</programlisting>
+
+	<important>
+	  <para><emphasis>Do not</emphasis> use <literal>:=</literal>
+	    to assign <varname>BUILD_DEPENDS</varname> to
+	    <varname>RUN_DEPENDS</varname> or vice-versa.  All
+	    variables are expanded immediately, which is exactly the
+	    wrong thing to do and almost always a failure.</para>
+	</important>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="makefile-build_depends">