On 5/17/05, Peter <plp@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 May 2005, Chen Xiao Fan wrote:
> > I do know I need to learn Make in order to work in Linux.
> 
> 'Learning make' is not necessary. (gnu) Make has so many sane defults
> built in that it's really easy to use. Tiny example: given foo.c bar.c
> baz.c a.h b.h as 5 c files in a directory, and a makefile that contains
> only the three lines:
> 
> OBJS = foo.o bar.o baz.o
> HDRS = a.h b.h
> all: app
> 
> app: $(OBJS) $(HDRS)

That's not easy to use.  That's 100% pure MAGIC!  Such an example is useless to 
Xiaofan, because it relies on arcane knowledge of GNU Make.

I love GNU Make more than any IDE, but to learn it, start with the simple stuff:

result: prerequisites
[tab]command to make result from prerequisites

(gmail doesn't let me type a tab!)

The simplest example:

main.hex: main.s
        gpasm main.s

Simple Makefiles with a few rules like this are all you need for PIC
projects.   You can glance through the Make manual to see all the
advanced features.  Then if you need them, you'll know where to find
them.

Regards,
Mark
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