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| author | chris <chris@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-11 17:52:55 +0000 |
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| committer | chris <chris@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-08-11 17:52:55 +0000 |
| commit | 1984324cdc8a409e97c4862c1e83b742dacc8185 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e569c31035ae82fc4d0a484c702cca18b946134 /usr.bin/make | |
| parent | fca87bca8c2f235f822b5b8c8e0f64c5a5586744 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-1984324cdc8a409e97c4862c1e83b742dacc8185.zip FreeBSD-src-1984324cdc8a409e97c4862c1e83b742dacc8185.tar.gz | |
Document ${VPATH} and that it _should_not_ be used in any new Makefiles.
PR: 10556
Submitted by: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/make')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/make/make.1 | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1 index 1b228ce..6054999 100644 --- a/usr.bin/make/make.1 +++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)make.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/19/94 -.\" $Id: make.1,v 1.17 1999/04/19 07:30:03 imp Exp $ +.\" $Id: make.1,v 1.18 1999/07/31 20:53:01 hoek Exp $ .\" .Dd March 19, 1994 .Dt MAKE 1 @@ -459,6 +459,21 @@ is set to the value of for all programs which .Nm make executes. +.It Ev VPATH +Directories in addition to +.Ql Ev PATH +through which +.Nm make +will search in order to find programs specified in the Makefile. +.Pp +.Ev VPATH +exists +solely +for backward compatibility. +It is +.Em strongly recommended +that you do not use this variable in your Makefiles. +.Ef .El .Pp Variable expansion may be modified to select or modify each word of the |
