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author | yar <yar@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-04 11:28:54 +0000 |
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committer | yar <yar@FreeBSD.org> | 2008-03-04 11:28:54 +0000 |
commit | 80cc01776a9ab95796ea0925052069017f5a9612 (patch) | |
tree | 0b09e714f84c7e998f829e3aa8ad2fc3c600ddc8 /usr.bin | |
parent | cc0a8f6a98afaf2993134206a1be7099c78a1538 (diff) | |
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Move a stray paragraph on .Ev MAKEFLAGS to where it belongs.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/make/make.1 | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1 index 034fda2..1d52291 100644 --- a/usr.bin/make/make.1 +++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1 @@ -667,6 +667,20 @@ command line, except for are appended to the .Va .MAKEFLAGS variable. +.Pp +When passing macro definitions and flag arguments in the +.Ev MAKEFLAGS +environment variable, +space and tab characters are quoted by preceding them with a backslash. +When reading the +.Ev MAKEFLAGS +variable from the environment, +all sequences of a backslash and one of space or tab +are replaced just with their second character +without causing a word break. +Any other occurrences of a backslash are retained. +Groups of unquoted space, tab and newline characters cause word +breaking. .It Va .MAKEFLAGS Initially, this global variable contains .Nm Ns 's @@ -731,20 +745,6 @@ can appear in only if added by the makefile itself; it will affect sub-makes only, via .Ev MAKEFLAGS . -.Pp -When passing macro definitions and flag arguments in the -.Ev MAKEFLAGS -environment variable, -space and tab characters are quoted by preceding them with a backslash. -When reading the -.Ev MAKEFLAGS -variable from the environment, -all sequences of a backslash and one of space or tab -are replaced just with their second character -without causing a word break. -Any other occurrences of a backslash are retained. -Groups of unquoted space, tab and newline characters cause word -breaking. .It Va MFLAGS This variable is provided for backward compatibility and contains all the options from the |