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authorbdrewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>2015-12-04 18:01:11 +0000
committerbdrewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org>2015-12-04 18:01:11 +0000
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MFC r289736:
Document that we use {} for variable expansion.
-rw-r--r--share/man/man5/style.Makefile.59
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5 b/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5
index c3a3288..5e34b96 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd January 8, 2005
+.Dd October 21, 2015
.Dt STYLE.MAKEFILE 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ i.e., no space between the variable name and the
.Ic = .
Keep values sorted alphabetically, if possible.
.It
+Variables are expanded with
+.Sy {} ,
+not
+.Sy () .
+Such as
+.Va ${VARIABLE} .
+.It
Do not use
.Ic +=
to set variables that are only set once
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