lfs-book/appendixa/make-shortdesc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Make</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &make-contversion;.)</para>

<para>Make determines, automatically, which pieces of a large program need
to be recompiled and issues the commands to recompile them.</para>

<para><emphasis>Installed program</emphasis>: make</para>

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