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-rw-r--r--main.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0996ed6..50cad3a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static const struct command_switch switches[] =
"Touch targets instead of remaking them" },
{ 'v', flag, (char *) &print_version_flag, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
"version", 0,
- "Print the version number of make" },
+ "Print the version number of make and exit" },
{ 'w', flag, (char *) &print_directory_flag, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
"print-directory", 0,
"Print the current directory" },
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
if (print_version_flag || print_data_base_flag || debug_flag)
print_version ();
+ /* `make --version' is supposed to just print the version and exit. */
+ if (print_version_flag)
+ die (1);
+
/* Search for command line arguments that define variables,
and do the definitions. Also save up the text of these
arguments in CMD_DEFS so we can put them into the values