Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 04:50:52 +0000 (UTC) From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r289736 - head/share/man/man5 Message-ID: <201510220450.t9M4oqlB044741@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bdrewery Date: Thu Oct 22 04:50:52 2015 New Revision: 289736 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/289736 Log: Document that we use {} for variable expansion. MFC after: 1 week Sponsored by: EMC / Isilon Storage Division Modified: head/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5 Modified: head/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5 Thu Oct 22 04:47:52 2015 (r289735) +++ head/share/man/man5/style.Makefile.5 Thu Oct 22 04:50:52 2015 (r289736) @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 8, 2005 +.Dd October 21, 2015 .Dt STYLE.MAKEFILE 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ i.e., no space between the variable name .Ic = . Keep values sorted alphabetically, if possible. .It +Variables are expanded with +.Sy {} , +not +.Sy () . +Such as +.Va ${VARIABLE} . +.It Do not use .Ic += to set variables that are only set once
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