On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 07:57:22PM +1200, Steve Crosby wrote: > > 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.
>From info make: The GNU `make' utility automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, and issues the commands to recompile them. >From man make: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs So perhaps: The Make package provides a program to maintain software packages. Make automatically determines which pieces of the software need to be compiled or recompiled. -- Archaic Want control, education, and security from your operating system? Hardened Linux From Scratch http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
