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[make/en] fixed typos and spellings, added content
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@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ A Makefile defines a graph of rules for creating a target (or targets).
Its purpose is to do the minimum amount of work needed to update a
target to the most recent version of the source. Famously written over a
weekend by Stuart Feldman in 1976, it is still widely used (particularly
on Unix) despite many competitors and criticisms.
on Unix and Linux) despite many competitors and criticisms.
There are many varieties of make in existence, this article assumes that
we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.
There are many varieties of make in existence, however this article
assumes that we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.
```make
# Comments can be written like this.
# Files should be named Makefile and then be can run as `make <target>`.
# File should be named Makefile and then can be run as `make <target>`.
# Otherwise we use `make -f "filename" <target>`.
# Warning - only use TABS to indent in Makefiles, never spaces!
@ -27,13 +27,16 @@ we are using GNU make which is the standard on Linux.
# Basics
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Rules are of the format
# target: <prerequisite>
# where prerequisites are optional.
# A rule - this rule will only run if file0.txt doesn't exist.
file0.txt:
echo "foo" > file0.txt
# Even comments in these 'recipe' sections get passed to the shell.
# Try `make file0.txt` or simply `make` - first rule is the default.
# This rule will only run if file0.txt is newer than file1.txt.
file1.txt: file0.txt
cat file0.txt > file1.txt
@ -99,8 +102,8 @@ process: ex1.txt file0.txt
%.png: %.svg
inkscape --export-png $^
# Pattern rules will only do anything if make decides to create the \
target.
# Pattern rules will only do anything if make decides to create the
# target.
# Directory paths are normally ignored when matching pattern rules. But
# make will try to use the most appropriate rule available.
@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ var := hello
var2 ::= $(var) hello
#:= and ::= are equivalent.
# These variables are evaluated procedurely (in the order that they
# These variables are evaluated procedurally (in the order that they
# appear), thus breaking with the rest of the language !
# This doesn't work