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RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/usr.bin/make/make.1,v
rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/usr.bin/make/make.1,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present.
retrieving revision 1.96
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -p -r1.96 -r1.97
--- src/usr.bin/make/make.1	2003/12/26 23:22:31	1.96
+++ src/usr.bin/make/make.1	2004/01/27 01:38:01	1.97
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$NetBSD: make.1,v 1.96 2003/12/26 23:22:31 wiz Exp $
+.\"	$NetBSD: make.1,v 1.97 2004/01/27 01:38:01 lukem 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 December 26, 2003
+.Dd January 27, 2004
 .Dt MAKE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ For compatibily
 also sets
 .Va .MAKE
 with the same value.
-The preferred variable to use is
+The preferred variable to use is the environment variable
 .Ev MAKE
 because it is more compatible with other versions of
 .Nm
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ The general format of a variable expansi
 .Pp
 .Dl {variable[:modifier[:...]]}
 .Pp
-Each modifier begins with a colon and one of the following
-special characters.
-The colon may be escaped with a backslash
+Each modifier begins with a colon,
+which may be escaped with a backslash
 .Pq Ql \e .
+The supported modifiers are:
 .Bl -tag -width EEE
 .It Cm \&:E
 Replaces each word in the variable with its suffix.
@@ -1205,12 +1205,18 @@ Comments begin with a hash
 .Pq Ql \&#
 character, anywhere but in a shell
 command line, and continue to the end of the line.
-.Sh SPECIAL SOURCES
+.Sh SPECIAL SOURCES (ATTRIBUTES)
 .Bl -tag -width .IGNOREx
+.It Ic .EXEC
+Target is never out of date, but always execute commands anyway.
 .It Ic .IGNORE
 Ignore any errors from the commands associated with this target, exactly
 as if they all were preceded by a dash
 .Pq Ql \- .
+.\" .It Ic .INVISIBLE
+.\" XXX
+.\" .It Ic .JOIN
+.\" XXX
 .It Ic .MADE
 Mark all sources of this target as being up-to-date.
 .It Ic .MAKE
@@ -1221,6 +1227,9 @@ or
 options were specified.
 Normally used to mark recursive
 .Nm Ns 's .
+.It Ic .NOPATH
+Do not search for the target in the directories specified by
+.Ic .PATH .
 .It Ic .NOTMAIN
 Normally
 .Nm
@@ -1232,11 +1241,20 @@ If a target is marked with this attribut
 .Nm
 can't figure out how to create it, it will ignore this fact and assume
 the file isn't needed or already exists.
+.It Ic .PHONY
+The target does not
+correspond to an actual file; it is always considered to be out of date,
+and will not be created with the
+.Fl t
+option.
 .It Ic .PRECIOUS
 When
 .Nm
 is interrupted, it removes any partially made targets.
 This source prevents the target from being removed.
+.It Ic .RECURSIVE
+Synonym for
+.Ic .MAKE .
 .It Ic .SILENT
 Do not echo any of the commands associated with this target, exactly
 as if they all were preceded by an at sign
@@ -1324,13 +1342,12 @@ no effect.
 Apply the
 .Ic .NOPATH
 attribute to any specified sources.
-Targets with this attribute are not
-searched for in the directories specified by
-.Ic .PATH .
 .It Ic .NOTPARALLEL
 Disable parallel mode.
 .It Ic .NO_PARALLEL
-Same as above, for compatibility with other pmake variants.
+Synonym for
+.Ic .NOTPARALLEL ,
+for compatibility with other pmake variants.
 .It Ic .ORDER
 The named targets are made in sequence.
 .\" XXX: NOT YET!!!!
@@ -1351,11 +1368,6 @@ directory is searched last.
 Apply the
 .Ic .PHONY
 attribute to any specified sources.
-Targets with this attribute do not
-correspond to actual files; they are always considered to be out of date,
-and will not be created with the
-.Fl t
-option.
 .It Ic .PRECIOUS
 Apply the
 .Ic .PRECIOUS