"make -C ..." causes error in net/tkabber/Makefile, line 17

[parv]

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in message <20040201220142.GA94541 at moo.holy.cow>,
wrote parv thusly...
>
> in message <20040201213549.GA93666 at moo.holy.cow>,
> wrote parv thusly...
> >
> > I am running FreeBSD 4.8-p14; and the make(1) man page lists -C
> > option...
> >
> >      -C directory
> >           Change to directory while running.
...
> >   make: illegal option -- C
> >   usage: make [-Beiknqrstv] [-D variable] [-d flags] [-E variable] [-f makefile]
> >               [-I directory] [-j max_jobs] [-m directory] [-V variable]
> >               [variable=value] [target ...]
...
> On the second thought, could it be that man page & binary are out of
> sync for some reason?  It is hard to believe though as -C option
> parsing appears in src/usr.bin/make/main.c, line 185...
> 
>   178  #ifdef REMOTE
>   179  # define OPTFLAGS "BD:E:I:L:PSV:Xd:ef:ij:km:nqrstv"
>   180  #else
>   181  # define OPTFLAGS "BD:E:I:PSV:Xd:ef:ij:km:nqrstv"
>   182  #endif
>   183  rearg:  while((c = getopt(argc, argv, OPTFLAGS)) != -1) {
>   184                  switch(c) {
>   185                  case 'C':
> 
> ...but is omitted from OPTFLAGS (lines 179 & 181).  Is that the reason
> of make carping when presented w/ -C option?

Ah, never mind; i solved the problem by hand patching main.c, w/
help of...

  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/make/main.c.diff?r1=1.35.2.8&r2=1.35.2.9&f=u


...Should i file a PR to remove useless -C option from man page for
4.8-p14 ?


  - Parv

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