October 2000
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 9m
English
A 'Makefile' is a specification of dependencies between files and how to resolve those dependencies such that an overall goal, known as a target, can be reached. 'Makefile's are processed by the make utility. Other references describe the syntax of 'Makefile's and the various implementations of make in detail. This chapter provides an overview into 'Makefile's and gives just enough information to write custom rules in a 'Makefile.am' (see Chapter 6, "Introducing GNU Automake" ) or 'Makefile.in'.
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