On 15 Jun 2005, you wrote in lfs.book: > Jeremy Huntwork wrote these words on 06/14/05 23:05 CST: >> Jeremy Huntwork wrote: >> >>>Perhaps, "especially useful for compiling large packages"? >> >> >> Reason for the above is that make could process just about any >> command you want, i.e., can be used as build scripts for LFS. Keeping >> "large" in there helps to show where make really shines, and why it >> even exists. > > Agreed, completely. > > I'm just trying to point out that it isn't used exclusively for > compiling large programs. >
how about: The Make package provides commands that manage dependencies and provide conditional and parallel execution capabilities. This is particularly useful in managing the compilation of large, complex programs. - -- Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
