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Date:      30 Sep 2002 22:49:27 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ports FAQ is a great read
Message-ID:  <44lm5iub48.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021001002408.GD77771@vectors.cx>
References:  <20020930183217.R63034-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> <20021001002408.GD77771@vectors.cx>

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Adam Weinberger <adam@vectors.cx> writes:

> "make install clean" is the same thing as:
> make install ; make clean

It's a bit closer to "make install && make clean".

> >> (09.30.2002 @ 1539 PST): Peter Leftwich said, in 1.5K: <<

> > and why "make" can take different commands in the first place.

It doesn't take "commands"; it takes "targets".  
Explaining why that is meaningful involves understanding what make(1)
actually does.  There are whole *books* written on make, and syntax
varies a bit from one make implementation to another.

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