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| author | rillig <rillig@NetBSD.org> | 2022-11-29 23:56:05 +0000 |
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| committer | rillig <rillig@NetBSD.org> | 2022-11-29 23:56:05 +0000 |
| commit | d2c49d8fa23cc37626e9096d86c2893b4f2f0856 (patch) | |
| tree | 8d138189352199008bfedf11474394296f9009f8 /usr.bin/make | |
| parent | 41d76b63c1b4dee035ec659e1cfbfe93bf240482 (diff) | |
make.1: clarify in which case an expression may omit braces
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/make')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/make/make.1 | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1 index fa993ec2d0f..f9a5bbaaf34 100644 --- a/usr.bin/make/make.1 +++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.349 2022/11/15 07:58:00 rillig Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.350 2022/11/29 23:56:05 rillig 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 October 2, 2022 +.Dd November 29, 2022 .Dt MAKE 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ References to variables have the form .Cm \&${ Ns Ar name Ns Oo Ns Cm \&: Ns Ar modifiers Oc Ns Cm \&} or .Cm \&$( Ns Ar name Ns Oo Ns Cm \&: Ns Ar modifiers Oc Ns Cm \&) . -If the variable name consists of only a single character, +If the variable name consists of only a single character +and the expression contains no modifiers, the surrounding curly braces or parentheses are not required. This shorter form is not recommended. .Pp |
