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@@ -224,6 +224,15 @@ Misc Actions
with the given name. If none exists, it will run make on all selected package
rules, determine if a variable with the given name is known to make, and if
so, print it.
+ For make variables, <var> can contain '%'. In this case, all variables
+ that match the pattern are printed.
+ If the <var> is undefined, then an error will be generated unless '-k' is
+ used. In that case an empty value is returned.
+
+``printnext <var>``
+ assume that the contents of <var> is another variable and print the
+ contents of this variable. Shell variables are currently not checked here.
+ All other rules for ``print`` apply.
``list-packages``
print a list of all selected packages. This list does not include the