lfs-book/chapter06/make.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-make" xreflabel="Make" role="wrap">
<title>Make-&make-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-make"><primary sortas="a-Make">Make</primary></indexterm>

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<para>The Make package contains a program for compiling large packages.</para>

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<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>0.2 SBU</seg><seg>8.8 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Make installation depends on</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Make</title>

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

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

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Now install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>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><title>Short descriptions</title>

<varlistentry id="make">
<term><command>make</command></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-make make"><primary sortas="b-make">make</primary></indexterm>
<para>automatically determines which pieces of a large package need to be 
recompiled, and then issues the relevant commands.</para>
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