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| -rw-r--r-- | make.html.markdown | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/make.html.markdown b/make.html.markdown index 16aa0b30..63eb3eb7 100644 --- a/make.html.markdown +++ b/make.html.markdown @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ filename: Makefile --- A Makefile defines a graph of rules for creating a target (or targets). -It's purpose is the do the minimum amount of work needed to update a +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. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ name4 +=grey # Pattern-specific variable values (GNU extension). echo: name2 = Sara # True within the matching rule - # and also within it's remade recursive dependencies + # and also within its remade recursive dependencies # (except it can break when your graph gets too complicated!) # Some variables defined automatically by make. |