On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 04:10:38PM +0430, ali hagigat wrote: > 3.7 How Makefiles Are Remade > Sometimes makefiles can be remade from other files, such as RCS or SCCS files. > If a makefile can be remade from other files, you probably want make to get an > up-to-date version of the makefile to read in. > To this end, after reading in all makefiles, make will consider each as a > goal target and > attempt to update it. If a makefile has a rule which says how to update it > (found either > in that very makefile or in another one) or if an implicit rule applies to it > (see Chapter 10 > [Using Implicit Rules], page 101), it will be updated if necessary. After > all makefiles have been checked, if any have actually been changed, make > starts with a clean slate and reads all the makefiles over again. (It will > also attempt to update each of them over again, but normally this will not > change them again, since they are already up to date.) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I have copied some lines from the manual GNU make and have some questions. > What are RCS and SCCS files? Where are they?
RCS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_Control_System SCCS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System > make will consider each Makefile as a goal target? What makefiles is it > talking about? the makefiles that have been included? Please have a look at "Including Other Makefiles" Also if you cared to explain the background for your question we could maybe help you. Sam _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
