On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 07:45 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Darren" == Darren Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Darren> Hi all, why does "make install" under Linux have so much work > Darren> to do? It seems to be linking and building docs etc. > > Darren> Surely this stuff is meant to be done by "make". Since I have > Darren> to run "make install" as root, I generally prefer not to have > Darren> actual processing being done here. > > Could you give examples of commands you do not like?
I'm far from an expert on what a makefile should do under each target, I'm just commenting on the overall volume of work being done by the install target. Have fun, Darren
