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misc/40026: make(1) doesn't document VPATH



>Number:         40026
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       make(1) doesn't document VPATH
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 25 20:00:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost>
>Release:        NetBSD 5.99.01
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD asau.local 5.99.01 NetBSD 5.99.01 (KERN) #0: Wed Nov 5 20:10:09 
MSK 2008 asau%asau.local@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/KERN i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        make(1) manual page doesn't mention VPATH, which is specially processed 
variable. 
>How-To-Repeat:
        man make
>Fix:
        Add approximatly following passage to "Additional inbuilt variables":

        VPATH  Column-separated (":") lists of directories that make will
        search for files. The variable is supported for compatibility
        with old makes ONLY, use .PATH instead.



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