make v1File: make.info, Make **** Node: Top, Next: Overview, Up: (dir) The GNU `make' utility automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issues the commands to recompile them. This edition of the `GNU Make Manual', last updated 09 September 1999, documents GNU `make' Version 3.78.1. This manual describes `make' and contains the following chapters: * Menu: * * * * * * * Overview:: Introduction:: Makefiles:: Rules:: Commands:: Using Variables:: Conditionals:: Overview of `make'. An introduction to `make'. Makefiles tell `make' what to do. Rules describe when a file must be remade. Commands say how to remake a file. You can use variables to avoid repetition. Use or ignore parts of the makefile based on the values of variables. Many powerful ways to manipu……