From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 8 21:21:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 331C91065670 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:21:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58A98FC1D for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:21:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-65-8.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.65.8]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 196673CBC7; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:21:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n58LKvFK003323; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:20:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:20:56 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Roland Smith Message-Id: <20090608232056.317b509d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090608201217.GD34213@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20090607235205.H85986@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <20090608201217.GD34213@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Lars Eighner , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General and specific make questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:21:09 -0000 On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 22:12:17 +0200, Roland Smith 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, ...