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-''' $Id: jmkmf.man,v 3.0.1.1 1995/05/12 11:58:03 ram Exp $
+''' $Id$
'''
-''' Copyright (c) 1991-1993, Raphael Manfredi
+''' Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
'''
''' You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
''' as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
''' You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
''' that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
-''' of the source tree for dist 3.0.
+''' of the source tree for dist 4.0.
'''
''' $Log: jmkmf.man,v $
''' Revision 3.0.1.1 1995/05/12 11:58:03 ram
@@ -43,11 +43,18 @@ to produce a
.PP
.I Jmkmf
is useful when you generate a makefile for the first time.
+.PP
+When ran without arguments,
+.I jmkmf
+will scan the directories upwards, looking for a .package file marking
+the top of your sources. It will then derive the top-level directory
+and the name of the current directory by itself.
+.PP
Once you have a
.I Makefile.SH
generated by
.I jmake,
-you can use
+and have run Configure already, you can use
.I make Makefile.SH
to build the Makefile.SH again and
.I make Makefile
@@ -65,6 +72,9 @@ Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
.TP 20
Jmakefile
High level description of makefile
+.TP
+.package
+The file marking the top of your package tree
.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-jmake(1).
+jmake(1), packinit(1).