From edad54782b6d5705fc88644184b9a6449eac3b7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chris Costello Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:52:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document ${VPATH} and that it _should_not_ be used in any new Makefiles. PR: 10556 Submitted by: Dominic Mitchell --- usr.bin/make/make.1 | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1 index 1b228cecd8d0..60549996413d 100644 --- a/usr.bin/make/make.1 +++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1 @@ -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