Document ${VPATH} and that it _should_not_ be used in any new Makefiles.

PR:		10556
Submitted by:	Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
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Chris Costello 1999-08-11 17:52:55 +00:00
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)make.1 8.4 (Berkeley) 3/19/94
.\" $Id: make.1,v 1.17 1999/04/19 07:30:03 imp Exp $
.\" $Id: make.1,v 1.18 1999/07/31 20:53:01 hoek Exp $
.\"
.Dd March 19, 1994
.Dt MAKE 1
@ -459,6 +459,21 @@ is set to the value of
for all programs which
.Nm make
executes.
.It Ev VPATH
Directories in addition to
.Ql Ev PATH
through which
.Nm make
will search in order to find programs specified in the Makefile.
.Pp
.Ev VPATH
exists
solely
for backward compatibility.
It is
.Em strongly recommended
that you do not use this variable in your Makefiles.
.Ef
.El
.Pp
Variable expansion may be modified to select or modify each word of the