attached is a patch to update the manpage with the latest features that
cvs make has to offer
-mike
2005-11-22 Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* make.1: Fix some display errors and document all existing options.
--- make/make.1
+++ make/make.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MAKE 1L "22 August 1989" "GNU" "LOCAL USER COMMANDS"
+.TH MAKE 1 "22 August 1989" "GNU" "LOCAL USER COMMANDS"
.SH NAME
make \- GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ make \- GNU make utility to maintain gro
[
.B \-f
.I makefile
-] [ option ] ...
-target ...
+] [ options ] ... [ targets ] ...
.SH WARNING
This man page is an extract of the documentation of
-.I GNU make .
+.IR "GNU make" .
It is updated only occasionally, because the GNU project does not use nroff.
For complete, current documentation, refer to the Info file
.B make.info
@@ -106,13 +105,14 @@ or if the target does not exist.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp 1
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-b
-.TP 0.5i
-.B \-m
+.BR \-b , " \-m"
These options are ignored for compatibility with other versions of
.IR make .
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-C " dir
+.BR \-B , " \-\-always\-make"
+Unconditionally make all targets.
+.TP 0.5i
+\fB\-C\fR \fIdir\fR, \fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIdir\fR
Change to directory
.I dir
before reading the makefiles or doing anything else.
@@ -136,19 +136,43 @@ considered and which are applied---every
.I make
decides what to do.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-e
+.BI \-\-debug "[=FLAGS]"
+Print debugging information in addition to normal processing.
+If the
+.I FLAGS
+are omitted, then the behavior is the same as if
+.B \-d
+was specified.
+.I FLAGS
+may be
+.I a
+for all debugging output (same as using
+.BR \-d ),
+.I b
+for basic debugging,
+.I v
+for more verbose basic debugging,
+.I i
+for showing implicit rules,
+.I j
+for details on invocation of commands,
+and
+.I m
+for debugging while remaking makefiles.
+.TP 0.5i
+.BR \-e , " \-\-environment\-overrides"
Give variables taken from the environment precedence
over variables from makefiles.
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-f " file
+\fB\-f\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-file\fR=\fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-makefile\fR=\fIFILE\fR
Use
.I file
as a makefile.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-i
+.BR \-i , " \-\-ignore\-errors"
Ignore all errors in commands executed to remake files.
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-I " dir
+\fB\-I\fR \fIdir\fR, \fB\-\-include\-dir\fR=\fIdir\fR
Specifies a directory
.I dir
to search for included makefiles.
@@ -169,8 +193,10 @@ preprocessor's
.B \-I
flag.
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-j " jobs
-Specifies the number of jobs (commands) to run simultaneously.
+\fB\-j\fR [\fIjobs\fR], \fB\-\-jobs\fR[=\fIjobs\fR]
+Specifies the number of
+.I jobs
+(commands) to run simultaneously.
If there is more than one
.B \-j
option, the last one is effective.
@@ -180,25 +206,26 @@ option is given without an argument,
.IR make
will not limit the number of jobs that can run simultaneously.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-k
+.BR \-k , " \-\-keep\-going"
Continue as much as possible after an error.
While the target that failed, and those that depend on it, cannot
be remade, the other dependencies of these targets can be processed
all the same.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-l
-.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-l " load
+\fB\-l\fR [\fIload\fR], \fB\-\-load\-average\fR[=\fIload\fR]
Specifies that no new jobs (commands) should be started if there are
others jobs running and the load average is at least
.I load
(a floating-point number).
With no argument, removes a previous load limit.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-n
+.BR \-L , " \-\-check\-symlink\-times"
+Use the latest mtime between symlinks and target.
+.TP 0.5i
+.BR \-n , " \-\-just\-print" , " \-\-dry\-run" , " \-\-recon"
Print the commands that would be executed, but do not execute them.
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-o " file
+\fB\-o\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-old\-file\fR=\fIfile\fR,
\fB\-\-assume\-old\fR=\fIfile\fR
Do not remake the file
.I file
even if it is older than its dependencies, and do not remake anything
@@ -206,7 +233,7 @@ on account of changes in
.IR file .
Essentially the file is treated as very old and its rules are ignored.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-p
+.BR \-p , " \-\-print\-data\-base"
Print the data base (rules and variable values) that results from
reading the makefiles; then execute as usual or as otherwise
specified.
@@ -218,20 +245,22 @@ To print the data base without trying to
.B \-p
.BI \-f /dev/null.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-q
+.BR \-q , " \-\-question"
``Question mode''.
Do not run any commands, or print anything; just return an exit status
that is zero if the specified targets are already up to date, nonzero
otherwise.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-r
-Eliminate use of the built-in implicit rules.
+.BR \-r , " \-\-no\-builtin\-rules"
+Eliminate use of the built\-in implicit rules.
Also clear out the default list of suffixes for suffix rules.
+.BR \-R , " \-\-no\-builtin\-variables"
+Eliminate use of the built\-in implicit variables.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-s
+.BR \-s , " \-\-silent" , " \-\-quiet"
Silent operation; do not print the commands as they are executed.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-S
+.BR \-S , " \-\-no\-keep\-going" , " \-\-stop"
Cancel the effect of the
.B \-k
option.
@@ -245,20 +274,20 @@ via MAKEFLAGS or if you set
.B \-k
in MAKEFLAGS in your environment.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-t
+.BR \-t , " \-\-touch"
Touch files (mark them up to date without really changing them)
instead of running their commands.
This is used to pretend that the commands were done, in order to fool
future invocations of
.IR make .
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-v
+.BR \-v , " \-\-version"
Print the version of the
.I make
program plus a copyright, a list of authors and a notice that there
is no warranty.
.TP 0.5i
-.B \-w
+.BR \-w , " \-\-print\-directory"
Print a message containing the working directory
before and after other processing.
This may be useful for tracking down errors from complicated nests of
@@ -266,7 +295,12 @@ recursive
.I make
commands.
.TP 0.5i
-.BI "\-W " file
+.B \-\-no\-print\-directory
+Turn off
+.BR \-w ,
+even if it was turned on implicitly.
+.TP 0.5i
+\fB\-W\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-what\-if\fR=\fIfile\fR,
\fB\-\-new\-file\fR=\fIfile\fR, \fB\-\-assume\-new\fR=\fIfile\fR
Pretend that the target
.I file
has just been modified.
@@ -281,11 +315,14 @@ command on the given file before running
.IR make ,
except that the modification time is changed only in the imagination of
.IR make .
+.TP 0.5i
+.B \-\-warn\-undefined\-variables
+Warn when an undefined variable is referenced.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I "The GNU Make Manual"
.SH BUGS
See the chapter `Problems and Bugs' in
-.I "The GNU Make Manual" .
+.IR "The GNU Make Manual" .
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page contributed by Dennis Morse of Stanford University.
It has been reworked by Roland McGrath.
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