Formerly main.c.~81~

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0996ed6..50cad3a 100644 (file)
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static const struct command_switch switches[] =
        "Touch targets instead of remaking them" },
     { 'v', flag, (char *) &print_version_flag, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
        "version", 0,
-       "Print the version number of make" },
+       "Print the version number of make and exit" },
     { 'w', flag, (char *) &print_directory_flag, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0,
        "print-directory", 0,
        "Print the current directory" },
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
   if (print_version_flag || print_data_base_flag || debug_flag)
     print_version ();
 
+  /* `make --version' is supposed to just print the version and exit.  */
+  if (print_version_flag)
+    die (1);
+
   /* Search for command line arguments that define variables,
      and do the definitions.  Also save up the text of these
      arguments in CMD_DEFS so we can put them into the values