On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:12:17 +0200, Roland Smith <rsm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 11:52:17PM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: > > > > What I need most is to find (a) make tutorial(s) that do not suppose make is > > being used for compling c/c++ programs. Yes, I know, that is mostly why > > make exists, but many tutorials plunge right into C examples with implicit C > > rules, while -- it seems to me -- make could be much more useful for a > > variety of things, and I could sure use more of the general and arbitrary > > examples. > > I use make to e.g. build complex LaTeX documents with included gnuplot > graphs. Works like a charm. But that it is not conceptually different > from compiling a C program.
Correct. I do the same here. Additionally, I use make and Makefile to process HTML to "emulate SSI before uploading", which I do with - you already guessed it - with "make install" (uses ftp -u then), and "make deinstall" deletes stuff from the webserver. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"