Note that dirs in VPATH, vpath can be separated by blanks as well as

colons.
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Roland McGrath 1994-05-02 23:00:39 +00:00
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@ -1666,9 +1666,9 @@ names of source files in the dependencies as if they all existed in the
current directory. @xref{Commands/Search, ,Writing Shell Commands with
Directory Search}.
In the @code{VPATH} variable, directory names are separated by colons.
The order in which directories are listed is the order followed by
@code{make} in its search.
In the @code{VPATH} variable, directory names are separated by colons or
blanks. The order in which directories are listed is the order followed
by @code{make} in its search.
For example,
@ -1714,9 +1714,9 @@ There are three forms of the @code{vpath} directive:
Specify the search path @var{directories} for file names that match
@var{pattern}.
The search path, @var{directories}, is a colon-separated list of
directories to be searched, just like the search path used in the
@code{VPATH} variable.
The search path, @var{directories}, is a list of directories to be
searched, separated by colons or blanks, just like the search path used
in the @code{VPATH} variable.
@item vpath @var{pattern}
Clear out the search path associated with @var{pattern}.