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3 Writing Makefiles

The information that tells make how to recompile a system comes from reading a data base called the makefile.

• What Makefiles Contain
• What Name to Give Your Makefile
• Including Other Makefiles
• The Variable MAKEFILES
• How Makefiles Are Remade
• Overriding Part of Another Makefile
• How make Reads a Makefile
• How Makefiles Are Parsed
• Secondary Expansion