Re: make.1: sync variable substitution bits with NetBSD

2022-10-12 Thread Omar Polo
On 2022/10/12 10:45:49 +, Klemens Nanni wrote: > Anyone willing to OK either the previous NetBSD/FreeBSD sync diff or the > following minimal one which just mentions missing types? > > We can always improve from there, but being stuck at an incomplete and > thus misleading manual sucks.

Re: make.1: sync variable substitution bits with NetBSD

2022-10-12 Thread Klemens Nanni
On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 10:09:27AM +, Klemens Nanni wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 05:19:55PM +0100, Klemens Nanni wrote: > > Our make(1) is behind NetBSD's and FreeBSD's make(1) on at least the > > rules of variable substitution. > > > > Our DESCRIPION says > > > > There are seven

Re: make.1: sync variable substitution bits with NetBSD

2021-11-13 Thread Klemens Nanni
On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 05:19:55PM +0100, Klemens Nanni wrote: > Our make(1) is behind NetBSD's and FreeBSD's make(1) on at least the > rules of variable substitution. > > Our DESCRIPION says > > There are seven different types of lines in a makefile: dependency lines, > shell

Re: make.1: sync variable substitution bits with NetBSD

2020-12-30 Thread Klemens Nanni
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 07:12:58PM +0100, Marc Espie wrote: > I do think we want to write something specific for .for loop variables > which are actually very special compared to the rest. > > I'm not incredibly happy with the way netbsd explains it, not surprisingly. Do you want to work on this

Re: make.1: sync variable substitution bits with NetBSD

2020-12-30 Thread Marc Espie
I do think we want to write something specific for .for loop variables which are actually very special compared to the rest. I'm not incredibly happy with the way netbsd explains it, not surprisingly.