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authordholland <dholland@NetBSD.org>2010-06-27 00:06:32 +0000
committerdholland <dholland@NetBSD.org>2010-06-27 00:06:32 +0000
commit35590dfabc8b8ec376b8c5e238cbdbd4a79fefaf (patch)
tree886979cdba3997427b5af90a3a32fc59dc3ef628 /usr.bin/make
parentca255ec20b43d15cf558568da496412210525223 (diff)
Clarify $(.PREFIX) / $*. Bump date.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/make')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/make/make.18
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index a5aed674003..88bb433c3d9 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.176 2010/06/10 18:35:22 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.177 2010/06/27 00:06:32 dholland Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" from: @(#)make.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/19/94
.\"
-.Dd June 9, 2010
+.Dd June 27, 2010
.Dt MAKE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -613,9 +613,11 @@ The list of sources for this target that were deemed out-of-date; also
known as
.Ql Va \&? .
.It Va .PREFIX
-The file prefix of the file, containing only the file portion, no suffix
+The file prefix of the target, containing only the file portion, no suffix
or preceding directory components; also known as
.Ql Va * .
+This is the string that was left over when matching a particular
+suffix rule and is not defined in explicit rules.
.It Va .TARGET
The name of the target; also known as
.Ql Va @ .