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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ NAME makeenv - Run make(1) with environment loaded from .makeenv -SYNPOSIS +SYNOPSIS makeenv [arguments] ... DESCRIPTION @@ -11,44 +11,44 @@ DESCRIPTION executes make(1). Any macro listed in .makeenv is also put in the environment. - After loading .makeenv and adding populating the environment, - makeenv will inspect it's environment, makeenv itself is - affected by the environment variables, which also are make(1) - macros; this if you need a specific implementation of make(1) + After loading .makeenv and populating the environment, + makeenv will inspect its environment. makeenv itself is + affected by the environment variables, which are also make(1) + macros; thus, if you need a specific implementation of make(1) for a project, it can be specified in the .makeenv file. - When executng make(1), makeenv may reorder the arguments, and + When executing make(1), makeenv may reorder the arguments, and will put any option listed in .makeenv at the beginning, any macro listed in .makeenv before the macros in the arguments, and any target listed in .makeenv before the targets in the arguments. makeenv is designed to be usable in place of make(1), that is, - the user can create add the alias makeenv=make in his shell, - without any adverse affect. makeenv will pass on it's arguments + the user can create the alias makeenv=make in his shell, + without any adverse effect. makeenv will pass on its arguments as is to make(1) (or whichever utility is specified in the environment variable MAKEENV_MAKE or the environment variable MAKE) without validation or modifications, if the .makeenv does not exist. OPTIONS - The makeenv utility passes it's options to the make(1) utility - and do not act on any of the it self, however in order to + The makeenv utility passes its options to the make(1) utility + and does not act on any of them itself; however, in order to properly interleave options and operands specified in the - .makeenv file, it have to understand which options take an + .makeenv file, it has to understand which options take an argument and which do not. By default, the makeenv utility only - understands the options specified by POSIX, and the argumented - option -W (vendor options), as well as long options that start - with two dashes (--) provided that the same command line - argument contains an equals sign (=). The user can modify the - environment variables to modify how the makeenv utility - understands the options. See the section ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES - for more information. The current version only support options - that consist of a dash (-) followed by any other character and - options that start with two dashes (--), followed by at least - one character, but may not contain an equals sign (=), as these - are treated as delimiters between long options and their - associated argument. + understands the options specified by POSIX, and the option -W + (vendor options), which takes an argument, as well as long + options that start with two dashes (--) provided that the same + command line argument contains an equals sign (=). The user + can modify the environment variables to modify how the makeenv + utility understands the options. See the section ENVIRONMENT + VARIABLES for more information. The current version only + supports options that consist of a dash (-) followed by any + other character and options that start with two dashes (--), + followed by at least one character, but may not contain an + equals sign (=), as these are treated as delimiters between + long options and their associated argument. ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables affect the execution of @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES (Default is the empty string, meaning no options.) Any macro listed in .makeenv is loaded into the environment - before the utility inspects the environement. + before the utility inspects the environment. SEE ALSO makeenv(5), make(1) |