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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1 index 642e7e7..577ef32 100644 --- a/usr.bin/make/make.1 +++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1 @@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ The shorter forms and .Ql Va * are permitted for backward -compatibility with historical makefiles and are not recommended. +compatibility and are not recommended. The six variables .Ql Va "@F" , .Ql Va "@D" , @@ -562,12 +562,20 @@ if not defined. Name of the machine architecture .Nm was compiled for, defined at compilation time. +.It Va VPATH +Makefiles may assign a colon-delimited list of directories to +.Va VPATH . +These directories will be searched for source files by +.Nm +after +.Nm +has finished parsing all input makefiles. .El .Pp Variable expansion may be modified to select or modify each word of the variable (where a .Dq word -is whitespace delimited sequence of characters). +is whitespace-delimited sequence of characters). The general format of a variable expansion is as follows: .Pp .Dl {variable[:modifier[:...]]} @@ -1056,11 +1064,11 @@ The sources are directories which are to be searched for files not found in the current directory. If no sources are specified, any previously specified directories are deleted. -.Pp -The variable -.Ql Ev VPATH -used to add directories to the search path is permitted only for backward -compatibility, and is not recommended for use in new Makefiles. +Where possible, use of +.Ic .PATH +is preferred over use of the +.Va VPATH +variable. .It Ic .PATH\fIsuffix\fR The sources are directories which are to be searched for suffixed files not found in the current directory. |
