herman%nrl.decnet@ccf1.nrl.navy.mil (NRL::HERMAN) (10/21/90)
I am looking for a book which describes the make command in all its various and insidious intricacy. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Charles Herman herman%nrl.decnet@nrl.navy.mil
root@angel.UUCP (Super user) (10/22/90)
From article <24815@adm.BRL.MIL>, by herman%nrl.decnet@ccf1.nrl.navy.mil (NRL::HERMAN): > > I am looking for a book which describes the make command > in all its various and insidious intricacy. Any recommendations would > be appreciated. > > > Charles Herman > herman%nrl.decnet@nrl.navy.mil There is a book called: Managing Projects with make This book is a Nutshell Handbook from O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Hope this helps.
lois@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Lois Gerber) (10/23/90)
Try the following Nutshell Book: Managing Projects with make by Steve Talbott published by O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. email address: uunet!ora!nuts phone 1-800-338-NUTS ISBN # 0-937175-18-8 Price $9.00 (or thereabouts - cheap) This is the best documentation I have found that is readable. There are also some articles which get a bit more complicated but may contain some good information: Make - A Program for Maintaining Computer Programs by S. I. Feldman Bell Labs Murray Hill, NJ dated August 15, 1978 An Augmented Version of Make by E.G. Bradford Bell Labs Whippany, NJ 07981 I don't know how you can locate these - I have copies of copies, but they have been around for some time, so some sleuthing should turn them up somewhere. Good luck. Lois Gerber Hewlett Packard Fort Collins, CO
nwosuck@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Kingsley Nwosu) (10/31/90)
In article <24815@adm.BRL.MIL>, herman%nrl.decnet@ccf1.nrl.navy.mil (NRL::HERMAN) writes: > > I am looking for a book which describes the make command > in all its various and insidious intricacy. Any recommendations would > be appreciated. > > > Charles Herman > herman%nrl.decnet@nrl.navy.mil Not too detailed but you may learn something from: Title: Managing Projects with Make by: Steve Talbott publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, (800)-338-NUTS, e-mail: ....uunet!ora!nuts Kingsley Nwosu ...uunet!ibmps2!aix!nwosuck IBM AIX Dev., Dept. 83HA/572, |"Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, Neighborhood Rd, Kingston, |incoherent homogeneity towards a definite, NY 12401. | coherent heterogeneity"
rhl@astro.Princeton.EDU (Robert Lupton (the Good)) (11/01/90)
Well, after there have been a number of references to the O'Reilly book let me say that I don't like it. It's fine as an introduction, and that _was_ what the original poster asked for, but it isn't much good for much more --- it is nowhere clear on what is standard, what can be relied on, what is a Sun O/S or Sys V extension. And I seem to remember that its treatment of libraries and RCS/SCCS was too skimpy to be useful. Robert (P.S. I don't like their lint book either for similar reasons, if that helps you decide whether to listen to me on make)