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author | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-07-22 21:35:45 +0000 |
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committer | Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> | 1993-07-22 21:35:45 +0000 |
commit | bd395b5c02b008dc76fd8564610bf82b4df80b93 (patch) | |
tree | 73b10cb23f5bf5051fb49bb9edd80e9b70ea1f86 | |
parent | d24f1f233085f25815d517575a620cab63fbc5d2 (diff) | |
download | gunmake-bd395b5c02b008dc76fd8564610bf82b4df80b93.tar.gz |
Formerly make.texinfo.~110~
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index 0a70f20..1d85b40 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ @set EDITION 0.43 @set VERSION 3.68 Beta -@set UPDATED 14 July 1993 +@set UPDATED 22 July 1993 @set UPDATE-MONTH July 1993 @c finalout @@ -1858,11 +1858,11 @@ The search through the directories specified in @code{VPATH} or with (@pxref{Implicit Rules, ,Using Implicit Rules}). For example, when a file @file{foo.o} has no explicit rule, @code{make} -considers implicit rules such as to compile @file{foo.c} if that file -exists. If such a file is lacking in the current directory, the -appropriate directories are searched for it. If @file{foo.c} exists (or is -mentioned in the makefile) in any of the directories, the implicit rule for -C compilation is applied. +considers implicit rules, such as the built-in rule to compile +@file{foo.c} if that file exists. If such a file is lacking in the +current directory, the appropriate directories are searched for it. If +@file{foo.c} exists (or is mentioned in the makefile) in any of the +directories, the implicit rule for C compilation is applied. The commands of implicit rules normally use automatic variables as a matter of necessity; consequently they will use the file names found by @@ -4877,9 +4877,9 @@ each internal sequence of one or more whitespace characters with a single space. Thus, @samp{$(strip a b c )} results in @w{@samp{a b c}}. The function @code{strip} can be very useful when used in conjunction -with conditionals. When comparing something with the null string -@samp{""} using @code{ifeq} or @code{ifneq}, you usually want a string -of just whitespace to match the null string (@pxref{Conditionals}). +with conditionals. When comparing something with the empty string +@samp{} using @code{ifeq} or @code{ifneq}, you usually want a string of +just whitespace to match the empty string (@pxref{Conditionals}). Thus, the following may fail to have the desired results: @@ -5980,7 +5980,7 @@ dependencies of these targets can be processed all the same. @itemx --max-load[=@var{load}] @cindex @code{--max-load} Specifies that no new jobs (commands) should be started if there are -others jobs running and the load average is at least @var{load} (a +other jobs running and the load average is at least @var{load} (a floating-point number). With no argument, removes a previous load limit. @xref{Parallel, ,Parallel Execution}. @@ -6811,7 +6811,7 @@ constraint has the added benefit of preventing any infinite loop in the search for an implicit rule chain. There are some special implicit rules to optimize certain cases that would -otherwise by handled by rule chains. For example, making @file{foo} from +otherwise be handled by rule chains. For example, making @file{foo} from @file{foo.c} could be handled by compiling and linking with separate chained rules, using @file{foo.o} as an intermediate file. But what actually happens is that a special rule for this case does the compilation |