From 1c1948504ec808f30a0fd631d6cbc11ebd7ab371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 18:08:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more docs changes Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- subdirmk/README | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/subdirmk/README b/subdirmk/README index 10117be..95cdd69 100644 --- a/subdirmk/README +++ b/subdirmk/README @@ -203,9 +203,8 @@ empty string). STUFF!& set escape back to & &TARGETS_things - Handled specially. If mentioned, declares that - this subdirectory ought to have a target `things'. - (`all' if not specified). The rule will be + Handled specially. If mentioned, declares that this + subdir ought to have a target `things'. The rule will be &/things:: $(&TARGETS_things) You may extend it by adding more :: rules for the target, @@ -213,13 +212,14 @@ empty string). &TARGETS_check += & test-passed.stamp It is important to mention &TARGETS_things at least once in - the context of each applicable directory, because it arranges - that the *parent* will also have a `things' target which - recursively implies this directory's `things'. + the context of each applicable directory, because doing so + arranges that the *parent* will also have a `things' target + which recursively implies this directory's `things'. Must be spelled exactly &TARGETS_things. &_TARGETS_things, - for example, does not work. But mentioning it in a #-comment - *does* work because the & filter does not care about comments. + for example, is not magic. But mentioning &TARGETS_things in + a #-comment *does* work because the & filter does not care + about comments. `all' is extra special: every directory has an `all' target, which corresponds to &TARGETS. -- 2.30.2