On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 10:03:03PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote: > SYNOPSIS and usage say [NAME=value] while multiple assigments are fine: > > $ make -p FOO=1 BAR=2 | grep -e^FOO -e^BAR > BAR = 2 > FOO = 1 > > I'm sure ports(7) wouldn't work if only one was accepted, hence it suprises > me that none of the BSDs document it with triple dots, like targets. > > Am I missing some detail here or is this just a very old oversight? >
seems correct. posix spec shows "..." too. jmc > > Index: main.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/make/main.c,v > retrieving revision 1.128 > diff -u -p -r1.128 main.c > --- main.c 4 Dec 2022 23:50:48 -0000 1.128 > +++ main.c 16 Jan 2023 21:52:48 -0000 > @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ usage() > (void)fprintf(stderr, > "usage: make [-BeiknpqrSst] [-C directory] [-D variable] [-d flags] [-f > mk]\n\ > [-I directory] [-j max_processes] [-m directory] [-V variable]\n\ > - [NAME=value] [target ...]\n"); > + [NAME=value ...] [target ...]\n"); > exit(2); > } > > Index: make.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/make/make.1,v > retrieving revision 1.138 > diff -u -p -r1.138 make.1 > --- make.1 28 Dec 2022 13:00:57 -0000 1.138 > +++ make.1 16 Jan 2023 21:57:18 -0000 > @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ > .Op Fl j Ar max_processes > .Op Fl m Ar directory > .Op Fl V Ar variable > -.Op Ar NAME Ns = Ns Ar value > +.Op Ar NAME Ns = Ns Ar value ... > .Bk -words > .Op Ar target ... > .Ek >
