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The information that tells make
how to recompile a system comes from
reading a data base called the makefile.
• Makefile Contents: | What makefiles contain. | |
• Makefile Names: | How to name your makefile. | |
• Include: | How one makefile can use another makefile. | |
• MAKEFILES Variable: | The environment can specify extra makefiles. | |
• Remaking Makefiles: | How makefiles get remade. | |
• Overriding Makefiles: | How to override part of one makefile with another makefile. | |
• Reading Makefiles: | How makefiles are parsed. | |
• Secondary Expansion: | How and when secondary expansion is performed. |