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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: make -b does what?
Message-ID: <1990Feb23.212820.6683@virtech.uucp>
Date: 23 Feb 90 21:28:20 GMT
References: <5980062@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <1990Feb22.042021.4936@phri.nyu.edu>
Reply-To: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill)
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In article <1990Feb22.042021.4936@phri.nyu.edu> roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith) writes:
>lois@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Lois Gerber) writes:
>> This question is directed at OLD (and I mean OLD) Unix gurus :
>> Can anyone explain to me clearly what the -b option is for in make?
>
>	Beats the hell out of me.  I can't even find make in my (6th
>edition) Unix manual at all.  Did I get a defective manual?

That's because it isn't a flag in older makes.  It is a flag to a newer
make (just where the newer started I'm not sure) that gives it some 
form of compatibility with the older make.  

If you don't know what it is needed for, then don't worry about it
since you probably won't need it.


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