Update FINDRULES documentation

[Shushe] / GNUmakefile

diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 76cebd43ff85585861f06689867ad9950519e5f5..2de20b2115420da7666e7c7a1f6e20398138c87e 100644 (file)
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -146,9 +146,8 @@ MAGICDIR := $(patsubst ./%,%,$(THISDIR)/magic)
 
 # Configuration of `find´.
 #
 
 # Configuration of `find´.
 #

-# By default, `find´ will not follow symlinks and will use extended
-# regular expressions, ignoring hidden files and those which begin with
-# a period.
+# By default, `find´ will ignore hidden files, those which begin with a
+# period, and those which are likely to cause problems for `make´.

 FINDRULES := -flags -nohidden -and ! '(' '(' -name '[.-]*' -or -name '*[:|$$%]*' ')' -and -prune ')'
 FINDINCLUDERULES := $(FINDRULES)
 
 FINDRULES := -flags -nohidden -and ! '(' '(' -name '[.-]*' -or -name '*[:|$$%]*' ')' -and -prune ')'
 FINDINCLUDERULES := $(FINDRULES)