Module Name:    src
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Sun Nov  8 15:18:09 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        src/usr.bin/make: make.h

Log Message:
make(1): fix documentation of preserveUndefined

Since it is a global variable and not a VarEvalFlags, it affects nested
subexpressions as well, and there is no way to escape it.


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cvs rdiff -u -r1.201 -r1.202 src/usr.bin/make/make.h

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Modified files:

Index: src/usr.bin/make/make.h
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.201 src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.202
--- src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.201	Sun Nov  8 10:33:47 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/make.h	Sun Nov  8 15:18:09 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: make.h,v 1.201 2020/11/08 10:33:47 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: make.h,v 1.202 2020/11/08 15:18:09 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ extern time_t now;
 /*
  * If FALSE (the default behavior), undefined subexpressions in a variable
  * expression are discarded.  If TRUE (only during variable assignments using
- * the ':=' assignment operator, in the top-level expansion), they are
+ * the ':=' assignment operator, no matter how deeply nested), they are
  * preserved and possibly expanded later when the variable from the
  * subexpression has been defined.
  *

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