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authorRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1996-05-09 17:25:54 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>1996-05-09 17:25:54 +0000
commit4679c702dede5bb972a2fcfcacdbd6b5651612dd (patch)
tree0c264204d3eb27369b6d794ed12530af9cf8fd70 /make.texinfo
parent59cb26b58bf174e995274bf14992e9c6898e34e0 (diff)
downloadgunmake-4679c702dede5bb972a2fcfcacdbd6b5651612dd.tar.gz
Document "sinclude".
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@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
@c FSF publishers: format makebook.texi instead of using this file directly.
@set RCSID $Id$
-@set EDITION 0.50
+@set EDITION 0.51
@set VERSION 3.75 Beta
-@set UPDATED 20 March 1996
-@set UPDATE-MONTH March 1996
+@set UPDATED 9 May 1996
+@set UPDATE-MONTH May 1996
@comment The ISBN number might need to change on next publication.
-@set ISBN 1-882114-78-7
+@set ISBN 1-882114-78-7 @c CHANGE THIS BEFORE PRINTING AGAIN! --roland 9may96
@c finalout
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@ directive instead of @code{include}, like this:
This is acts like @code{include} in every way except that there is no
error (not even a warning) if any of the @var{filenames} do not exist.
+For compatibility with some other @code{make} implementations,
+@code{sinclude} is another name for @w{@code{-include}}.
@node MAKEFILES Variable, Remaking Makefiles, Include, Makefiles
@section The Variable @code{MAKEFILES}
@@ -8074,7 +8076,8 @@ multiple members in a single archive file comes from SunOS 4 @code{make}.
The @code{-include} directive to include makefiles with no error for a
nonexistent file comes from SunOS 4 @code{make}. (But note that SunOS 4
@code{make} does not allow multiple makefiles to be specified in one
-@code{-include} directive.)
+@code{-include} directive.) The same feature appears with the name
+@code{sinclude} in SGI @code{make} and perhaps others.
@end itemize
The remaining features are inventions new in GNU @code{make}: