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+This is make.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from make.texi.
+
+This file documents the GNU `make' utility, which determines
+automatically which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled,
+and issues the commands to recompile them.
+
+ This is Edition 0.71, last updated 19 July 2010, of `The GNU Make
+Manual', for GNU `make' version 3.82.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
+1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,
+2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+ document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+ Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
+ Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover Texts
+ being "A GNU Manual," and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a)
+ below. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
+ "GNU Free Documentation License."
+
+ (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: "You have the freedom to copy and
+ modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
+ developing GNU and promoting software freedom."
+
+INFO-DIR-SECTION Software development
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* Make: (make). Remake files automatically.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+
+
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+make.info-2: 293656
+
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+Node: Preparing15719
+Node: Reading16690
+Node: Bugs17617
+Node: Introduction19446
+Node: Rule Introduction21037
+Node: Simple Makefile22970
+Node: How Make Works26666
+Node: Variables Simplify29321
+Node: make Deduces31527
+Node: Combine By Prerequisite33260
+Node: Cleanup34289
+Node: Makefiles35707
+Node: Makefile Contents36543
+Node: Makefile Names39649
+Node: Include41260
+Ref: Include-Footnote-145008
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+Node: Remaking Makefiles46683
+Node: Overriding Makefiles50907
+Node: Reading Makefiles52935
+Node: Secondary Expansion55947
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+Node: Rule Example66060
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+Node: Wildcards72374
+Node: Wildcard Examples74092
+Node: Wildcard Pitfall75441
+Node: Wildcard Function77230
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+Node: General Search80148
+Node: Selective Search81855
+Node: Search Algorithm84843
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+Node: Force Targets96665
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+Node: Special Targets99007
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+Node: Multiple Rules108727
+Node: Static Pattern110945
+Node: Static Usage111597
+Node: Static versus Implicit115316
+Node: Double-Colon117057
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+Node: Splitting Lines126383
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+Node: Utilities in Makefiles366163
+Node: Command Variables368661
+Node: DESTDIR371900
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+Ref: Standard Targets-Footnote-1402458
+Node: Install Command Categories402558
+Node: Quick Reference407084
+Node: Error Messages418767
+Node: Complex Makefile426463
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License434974
+Node: Concept Index460136
+Node: Name Index526637
+
+End Tag Table