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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index a81e8ba..7270134 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -1949,9 +1949,8 @@ just the search paths. The value of the @code{make} variable @code{VPATH} specifies a list of directories that @code{make} should search. Most often, the directories are expected to contain prerequisite files that are not in the -current directory; however, @code{VPATH} specifies a search list that -@code{make} applies for all files, including files which are targets of -rules. +current directory; however, @code{make} uses @code{VPATH} as a search +list for both prerequisites and targets of rules. Thus, if a file that is listed as a target or prerequisite does not exist in the current directory, @code{make} searches the directories listed in @@ -6470,7 +6469,7 @@ client_LIBS = protocol all: $(PROGRAMS) define PROGRAM_template - $(1): $$($(1)_OBJ) $$($(1)_LIBS:%=-l%) + $(1): $$($(1)_OBJS) $$($(1)_LIBS:%=-l%) ALL_OBJS += $$($(1)_OBJS) endef @@ -6600,19 +6599,18 @@ Here the redefinition takes place if @samp{$(origin bletch)} returns either @cindex backquotes @cindex shell command, function for -The @code{shell} function is unlike any other function except the +The @code{shell} function is unlike any other function other than the @code{wildcard} function (@pxref{Wildcard Function, ,The Function @code{wildcard}}) in that it communicates with the world outside of @code{make}. The @code{shell} function performs the same function that backquotes -(@samp{`}) perform in most shells: it does @dfn{command expansion}. This -means that it takes an argument that is a shell command and returns the -output of the command. The only processing @code{make} does on the result, -before substituting it into the surrounding text, is to convert each -newline or carriage-return / newline pair to a single space. It also -removes the trailing (carriage-return and) newline, if it's the last -thing in the result.@refill +(@samp{`}) perform in most shells: it does @dfn{command expansion}. +This means that it takes as an argument a shell command and evaluates +to the output of the command. The only processing @code{make} does on +the result is to convert each newline (or carriage-return / newline +pair) to a single space. If there is a trailing (carriage-return +and) newline it will simply be removed.@refill The commands run by calls to the @code{shell} function are run when the function calls are expanded (@pxref{Reading Makefiles, , How |