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Date:      Fri, 12 Mar 1999 11:49:40 +0000
From:      Dom Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/10556: make(1) man page update
Message-ID:  <E10LQRg-0006ho-00@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>

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>Number:         10556
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       make(1) man page update
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 12 03:50:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dominic Mitchell
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd.
>Environment:

FreeBSD voodoo.pandhm.co.uk 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT #17: Mon Mar  8 06:07:16 GMT 1999     root@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk:/usr/src/sys/compile/VOODOO  i386

>Description:

Make(1) doesn't document the fact that it it knows about VPATH.  It
should do, for the benefit of people trying to port Makefiles from other
systems.

>How-To-Repeat:

man make | grep VPATH

>Fix:
	
Here's my change; please feel free to change it to read better.

--- /usr/src/usr.bin/make/make.1	Sun Nov 29 13:46:39 1998
+++ make.1	Fri Mar 12 11:47:07 1999
@@ -940,6 +940,11 @@
 Each source specifies a suffix to
 .Nm make .
 If no sources are specified, any previous specified suffices are deleted.
+.It Ic VPATH
+This is a synonym for 
+.Ic .PATH .
+It is maintained for backwards
+compatibility and should not be used in new makefiles.
 .Sh SEARCH PATH
 .Nm Make
 searches for

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