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author | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2009-06-13 23:10:52 +0000 |
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committer | Paul Smith <psmith@gnu.org> | 2009-06-13 23:10:52 +0000 |
commit | dceb954f9c0a948b8d53796fd78b7cfae9148b1b (patch) | |
tree | 99906d4dae8d094097f37927affa603e498510b1 /doc | |
parent | 38b23bc3f02ec199370865be9bd970e6318fa1d2 (diff) | |
download | gunmake-dceb954f9c0a948b8d53796fd78b7cfae9148b1b.tar.gz |
- Fix Savannah bug #13401
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diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index 3dea3d6..9ca410b 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -1191,11 +1191,12 @@ For compatibility with some other @code{make} implementations, @vindex MAKEFILES If the environment variable @code{MAKEFILES} is defined, @code{make} considers its value as a list of names (separated by whitespace) of -additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much like -the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched for those -files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In addition, the -default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles and it is not an -error if the files listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill +additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much +like the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched +for those files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In +addition, the default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles +(or any makefile included by them) and it is not an error if the files +listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill @cindex recursion, and @code{MAKEFILES} variable The main use of @code{MAKEFILES} is in communication between recursive |