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vax 7.1H: man make

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Dec 6 10:43:09 1990

To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 06 Dec 90 10:42:31 EST
From: Dimitri Jason Panagiotou <dimitri@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>

System name:		pal22
Type and version:	VAXSTAR 7.1H
Display type:		SM

What were you trying to do?
Read the man page for make

What's wrong:

...
The -b option allows old makefiles (those written for the
     old version of to run without errors.  The difference...
(it is missing a word)

...
The environment is read by All variables are assumed to be
     macro definitions and processed as such.  The environment
(missing words?)

What should have happened:
Words should not have been missing.

Please describe any relevant documentation references:
make.1

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