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diff --git a/make.texinfo b/make.texinfo index b5ec486..4bbdf06 100644 --- a/make.texinfo +++ b/make.texinfo @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ @set EDITION 0.43 @set VERSION 3.68 Beta -@set UPDATED 25 June 1993 -@set UPDATE-MONTH June 1993 +@set UPDATED 9 July 1993 +@set UPDATE-MONTH July 1993 @c finalout @@ -8072,6 +8072,14 @@ easily rewritten to get the desired behavior in GNU @code{make}: @example .c.a: ; @end example + +@item +Some versions of @code{make} invoke the shell with the @samp{-e} flag, +except under @samp{-k} (@pxref{Testing, ,Testing the Compilation of a +Program}). The @samp{-e} flag tells the shell to exit as soon as any +program it runs returns a nonzero status. We feel it is cleaner to +write each shell command line to stand on its own and not require this +special treatment. @end itemize @comment The makefile standards are in a separate file that is also |