source: chapter08/make.xml@ 481b2e05

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<sect1 id="ch-system-make" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="make.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>make</productname>
    <productnumber>&make-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&make-url;</address>
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  <title>Make-&make-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-make">
    <primary sortas="a-Make">Make</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Make package contains a program for controlling the generation of
    executables and other non-source files of a package from source files.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&make-fin-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&make-fin-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Make</title>
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    <para>Again, work around an error caused by glibc-2.27 and later:</para>

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    <para>Prepare Make for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>

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  <sect2 id="contents-make" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Make</title>

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      <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>make</seg>
      </seglistitem>
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    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="make">
        <term><command>make</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Automatically determines which pieces of a package need to
          be (re)compiled and then issues the relevant commands</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-make make">
            <primary sortas="b-make">make</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
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