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diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi index 3dea3d6..9ca410b 100644 --- a/doc/make.texi +++ b/doc/make.texi @@ -1191,11 +1191,12 @@ For compatibility with some other @code{make} implementations, @vindex MAKEFILES If the environment variable @code{MAKEFILES} is defined, @code{make} considers its value as a list of names (separated by whitespace) of -additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much like -the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched for those -files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In addition, the -default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles and it is not an -error if the files listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill +additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much +like the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched +for those files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In +addition, the default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles +(or any makefile included by them) and it is not an error if the files +listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill @cindex recursion, and @code{MAKEFILES} variable The main use of @code{MAKEFILES} is in communication between recursive |