Module Name: src
Committed By: sjg
Date: Sat Jan 29 20:54:58 UTC 2022
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/make: make.1
Log Message:
Tweak description of local variable assignments
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.303 -r1.304 src/usr.bin/make/make.1
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Index: src/usr.bin/make/make.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.303 src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.304
--- src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.303 Sat Jan 29 07:42:10 2022
+++ src/usr.bin/make/make.1 Sat Jan 29 20:54:58 2022
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.303 2022/01/29 07:42:10 sjg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.304 2022/01/29 20:54:58 sjg Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -715,10 +715,11 @@ of those targets out-of-date.
target local variable assignments behave differently in that;
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent
.It Ic \&+=
-Only behaves as expected, if there is a previous
-local assignment for the same target and variable.
+Only appends to a previous local assignment
+for the same target and variable.
.It Ic \&:=
-Is redundant since, the entire dependency line has already been expanded.
+Is redundant with respect to Global variables,
+which have already been expanded.
.El
.Pp
The seven built-in local variables are as follows:
