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diff --git a/lib/tools/doc/src/make.xml b/lib/tools/doc/src/make.xml index fddf5ebd7b..6b878f72fb 100644 --- a/lib/tools/doc/src/make.xml +++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/make.xml @@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ <fsummary>Compile a set of modules.</fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v> Option = noexec | load | netload | <compiler option></v> + <v> Option = noexec | load | netload | {emake, Emake} | <compiler option></v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function first looks in the current working directory - for a file named <c>Emakefile</c> (see below) specifying the - set of modules to compile and the compile options to use. If - no such file is found, the set of modules to compile - defaults to all modules in the current working - directory.</p> + <p>This function determines the set of modules to compile and the + compile options to use, by first looking for the <c>emake</c> make + option, if not present reads the configuration from a file named + <c>Emakefile</c> (see below). If no such file is found, the + set of modules to compile defaults to all modules in the + current working directory.</p> <p>Traversing the set of modules, it then recompiles every module for which at least one of the following conditions apply:</p> <list type="bulleted"> @@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ <item><c>netload</c> <br></br> Net load mode. Loads all recompiled modules on all known nodes.</item> + <item><c>{emake, Emake}</c> <br></br> + + Rather than reading the <c>Emakefile</c> specify configuration explicitly.</item> </list> <p>All items in <c>Options</c> that are not make options are assumed to be compiler options and are passed as-is to @@ -108,9 +111,10 @@ <section> <title>Emakefile</title> - <p><c>make:all/0,1</c> and <c>make:files/1,2</c> looks in the - current working directory for a file named <c>Emakefile</c>. If - it exists, <c>Emakefile</c> should contain elements like this:</p> + <p><c>make:all/0,1</c> and <c>make:files/1,2</c> first looks for + <c>{emake, Emake}</c> in options, then in the current working directory + for a file named <c>Emakefile</c>. If present <c>Emake</c> should + contain elements like this:</p> <code type="none"> Modules. {Modules,Options}. </code> |