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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