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Michael Vilain <> writes:
> Richard Kettlewell <> wrote:
>> Tom Stiller <> writes:
>>> Richard Kettlewell <> wrote:
>>>> Jorgen Grahn <grahn+> writes:
>>
>>>>> Yes. I was under the impression that we were taking about GNU Make,
>>>>> (which is mostly documented using 'info') but now I can't find
>>>>> anything upthread that supports that idea.
>>>>
>>>> The person who was advised to try 'man make' is using a Mac (hence the
>>>> crosspost to comp.sys.mac.system), on which 'man make' is largely
>>>> useless.
>>>
>>> What does that mean? I use a Mac and I find 'man make' useful.
>>
>> It tells you the command-line syntax and almost nothing else. It
>> doesn't tell you anything about the syntax of makefiles themselves,
>> which was what the OP was having trouble with.
>
> So, is Google broken on that guy's system?
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html

I've no idea but since he's been long since pointed at 'info make' it's
academic.

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