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authorMarc Espie <espie@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-02-23 18:24:52 +0000
committerMarc Espie <espie@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-02-23 18:24:52 +0000
commit0b03f14cfebb7479bd8a0ebeeae66a3d5fd14483 (patch)
tree1ec2e995d447785a89be9542f9924db8d87da765
parent1b5758b9c033a5a25ad596cf8f0eb7b10de98525 (diff)
Document the other side of .MAIN
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/make/make.18
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/make/make.1 b/usr.bin/make/make.1
index ce5af73b906..2be3eae558a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: make.1,v 1.15 1998/12/05 00:06:28 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: make.1,v 1.16 1999/02/23 18:24:51 espie Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.18 1997/03/10 21:19:53 christos Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
@@ -996,7 +996,11 @@ is interrupted, the commands for this target will be executed.
.It Ic .MAIN
If no target is specified when
.Nm make
-is invoked, this target will be built.
+is invoked, this target will be built. This is always set, either
+explicitly, or implicitly when
+.Nm make
+selects the default target, to give the user a way to refer to the default
+target on the command line.
.It Ic .MAKEFLAGS
This target provides a way to specify flags for
.Nm make