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For simple projects, what do makefiles offer over "plain" bash scripts?
For example, if I'm developing a front-end only website, I might have several CoffeeScript files, several Sass files, several HTML Files, and a few images.
The CoffeeScript files need to be compiled ...
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subversion reinstall (source, Makefile, etc)
I installed subversion from source. I forgot the --with-ssl option when running ./configure. Now, I reconfigured and reinstalled, but the binary doesn't seem to change.
How do I uninstall and ...
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Makefile fails to install file correctly, installing HPL
I started installing HPL a while ago and had a related question. I've been following along with this guide from Intel. I figure this warrants a whole new one. When I try to make the archive, the ...
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Installing HPL, makefile problems
I've followed this guide up until step 5. When I run $make arch=intel64 it gives me the following output:
make -f Make.top startup_dir arch=intel64
make[1]: Entering directory `/hpl-2.0'
Make....
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Is it inefficient to have symbolic links to symbolic links?
We're setting up a series of Makefiles where we want to have a project-level include directory that will have symbolic links to sub-project-level include files. Many sub-project developers have ...
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Unable to preserve hard links. Why?
I'm trying to create a Makefile that would automate remastering Knoppix distribution.
I'm trying to copy filesystem from the read-only compressed loop device to normal filesystem to be able to modify ...
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Problem isolating the environment variable in a shell script
I’m a novice here but stackoverflow has helped me in the past.
I’m writing a bash shell script to generate a makefile (starting small).
echo "\
include \$(GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES)/common.make
APP_NAME = ...
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unlinked libraries in a makefile?
I'm trying to install a libspopc, but when I run the make I get the following output:
cc -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -fPIC -Os -DUSE_SSL -c session.c
cc -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -pipe -fPIC -Os -...
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How to install elinks on Windows Vista?
I am using bash-3.2 shell through cygwin to try to install elinks browser on my system. I am following this documentation to install.
I am executing the following command:
./configure && ...
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How do I make rm not give an error if a file doesn't exist?
I'm writing a makefile that will clean up some useless files at the end of the compilation. If a target has already been made, it will of course skip that target and the useless file may not be there....
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