diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1 | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1 b/contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1 index b6159a8dcfe8..091bdd48883e 100644 --- a/contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1 +++ b/contrib/bmake/bmake.cat1 @@ -438,7 +438,9 @@ VVAARRIIAABBLLEE AASSSSIIGGNNMMEENNTTSS suffixes declared with ..SSUUFFFFIIXXEESS or it will not be recog- nized. - _._T_A_R_G_E_T The name of the target; also known as `_@'. + _._T_A_R_G_E_T The name of the target; also known as `_@'. For compati- + bility with other makes this is an alias for ..AARRCCHHIIVVEE in + archive member rules. The shorter forms (`_>', `_!', `_<', `_%', `_?', `_*', and `_@') are permitted for backward compatibility with historical makefiles and legacy POSIX |