Issue #12070: Fix the Makefile parser of the sysconfig module to handle
correctly references to "bogus variable" (e.g. "prefix=$/opt/python").
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index bca1312..8d19f7a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
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+- Issue #12070: Fix the Makefile parser of the sysconfig module to handle
+  correctly references to "bogus variable" (e.g. "prefix=$/opt/python").
+
 - Issue #12100: Don't reset incremental encoders of CJK codecs at each call to
   their encode() method anymore, but continue to call the reset() method if the
   final argument is True.