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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/make.texi | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index c6f4c1a..0ecd35a 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -5942,10 +5942,11 @@ returns @samp{bar}. @cindex selecting word lists Returns the list of words in @var{text} starting with word @var{s} and ending with word @var{e} (inclusive). The legitimate values of @var{s} -and @var{e} start from 1. If @var{s} is bigger than the number of words -in @var{text}, the value is empty. If @var{e} is bigger than the number -of words in @var{text}, words up to the end of @var{text} are returned. -If @var{s} is greater than @var{e}, nothing is returned. For example, +start from 1; @var{e} may start from 0. If @var{s} is bigger than the +number of words in @var{text}, the value is empty. If @var{e} is +bigger than the number of words in @var{text}, words up to the end of +@var{text} are returned. If @var{s} is greater than @var{e}, nothing +is returned. For example, @example $(wordlist 2, 3, foo bar baz) @@ -8496,7 +8497,9 @@ prerequisites which are archive members, only the member named is used (@pxref{Archives}). A target has only one prerequisite on each other file it depends on, no matter how many times each file is listed as a prerequisite. So if you list a prerequisite more than once for a target, -the value of @code{$^} contains just one copy of the name. +the value of @code{$^} contains just one copy of the name. This list +does @strong{not} contain any of the order-only prerequisites; for those +see the @samp{$|} variable, below. @cindex prerequisites, list of all @cindex list of all prerequisites @@ -8508,6 +8511,12 @@ duplicated in the order they were listed in the makefile. This is primarily useful for use in linking commands where it is meaningful to repeat library file names in a particular order. +@vindex $| +@vindex | @r{(automatic variable)} +@item $| +The names of all the order-only prerequisites, with spaces between +them. + @vindex $* @vindex * @r{(automatic variable)} @item $* |