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[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/make Tweak description of local variable assignments



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/9d6bbe445f76
branches:  trunk
changeset: 359900:9d6bbe445f76
user:      sjg <sjg%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sat Jan 29 20:54:58 2022 +0000

description:
Tweak description of local variable assignments

diffstat:

 usr.bin/make/make.1 |  9 +++++----
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diffs (24 lines):

diff -r fa2084889970 -r 9d6bbe445f76 usr.bin/make/make.1
--- a/usr.bin/make/make.1       Sat Jan 29 20:52:45 2022 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/make/make.1       Sat Jan 29 20:54:58 2022 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.303 2022/01/29 07:42:10 sjg Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: make.1,v 1.304 2022/01/29 20:54:58 sjg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
 .\"    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -715,10 +715,11 @@
 target local variable assignments behave differently in that;
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent
 .It Ic \&+=
-Only behaves as expected, if there is a previous
-local assignment for the same target and variable.
+Only appends to a previous local assignment
+for the same target and variable.
 .It Ic \&:=
-Is redundant since, the entire dependency line has already been expanded.
+Is redundant with respect to Global variables,
+which have already been expanded.
 .El
 .Pp
 The seven built-in local variables are as follows:



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