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Diffstat (limited to 'make.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | make.1 | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.222 2013/08/11 09:53:49 apb Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.226 2013/11/07 18:50:46 dholland Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)make.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/19/94 .\" -.Dd August 11, 2013 +.Dd October 25, 2013 .Dt MAKE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ then output for each target is prefixed with a token .Ql --- target --- the first part of which can be controlled via .Va .MAKE.JOB.PREFIX . -If +If .Va .MAKE.JOB.PREFIX is empty, no token is printed. .br @@ -1066,6 +1066,13 @@ may be used. The wildcard characters may be escaped with a backslash .Pq Ql \e . +As a consequence of the way values are split into words, matched, +and then joined, a construct like +.Dl ${VAR:M*} +will normalise the inter-word spacing, removing all leading and +trailing space, and converting multiple consecutive spaces +to single spaces. +. .It Cm \&:N Ns Ar pattern This is identical to .Ql Cm \&:M , @@ -1209,7 +1216,7 @@ The modifier is just like the .Cm \&:S modifier except that the old and new strings, instead of being -simple strings, are a regular expression (see +simple strings, are an extended regular expression (see .Xr regex 3 ) string .Ar pattern @@ -1751,7 +1758,7 @@ or .Fl t options were specified. Normally used to mark recursive -.Nm Ns 's . +.Nm Ns s . .It Ic .META Create a meta file for the target, even if it is flagged as .Ic .PHONY , |