Make Q's

Lloyd Kvam python at venix.com
Thu Sep 17 09:26:01 EDT 2009


On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 23:28 -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> Look, I could write a big writeup here, giving you a complete example
> of a Makefile that is similar to what I know you are looking for, but
> in actuality let me just tell you that I happen to be a big fan of the
> GNU Make manual.  I think that in 20 minutes of skimming you'll be
> well on your way.

I also like the GNU Make manual, but I found it vary hard to use when
first learning make.  Once you have a bit of feel for what you are doing
the manual is clear and concise.
http://www.gnu.org/software/make/

"The art of UNIX Programming" (in the library thanks to Ted Roche) has a
section in the tools chapter on make, but that's a higher level
discussion and not a tutorial.  Eric Raymond recommends studying the
fetchmail make file as a useful example.

Years ago, Jason Stephenson and Dave Johnson were very helpful to me
when I posted a request for help writing a makefile.  I'm sure you'll
get some good advice here.

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