Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Fri Aug 26 23:37:54 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/make: make.1
Log Message:
Document .DELETE_ON_ERROR.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.262 -r1.263 src/usr.bin/make/make.1
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/make/make.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.262 src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.263
--- src/usr.bin/make/make.1:1.262 Thu Aug 18 19:23:20 2016
+++ src/usr.bin/make/make.1 Fri Aug 26 23:37:54 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.262 2016/08/18 19:23:20 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.263 2016/08/26 23:37:54 dholland 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 August 15, 2016
+.Dd August 26, 2016
.Dt MAKE 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2010,6 +2010,14 @@ variable of a target that inherits
.Ic .DEFAULT Ns 's
commands is set
to the target's own name.
+.It Ic .DELETE_ON_ERROR
+If this target is present in the makefile, it globally causes make to
+delete targets whose commands fail.
+(By default, only targets whose commands are interrupted during
+execution are deleted.
+This is the historical behavior.)
+This setting can be used to help prevent half-finished or malformed
+targets from being left around and corrupting future rebuilds.
.It Ic .END
Any command lines attached to this target are executed after everything
else is done.
