definitions of variables containing paths, and suffix rules,
respectively.
<p>
- One particularly nasty trick used in this hierarchy of makesfiles is the
+ One particularly nasty trick used in this hierarchy of makefiles is the
way in which the variable <code>$(TOP)</code> is used. AFAIK,
<code>$(TOP)</code> always points to a directory containing an
<code>mk/</code> subdirectory; however, it not necessarily points to the
<em>temporarily</em> redefine <code>$(TOP)</code> to point a level
higher (i.e., to <code>fptools/</code>) while they are including the
toplevel boilerplate. After that <code>$(TOP)</code> is redefined to
- whatever value it had before including makfiles from higher up in the
+ whatever value it had before including makefiles from higher up in the
hierarchy.
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+Last modified: Wed Aug 22 16:46:33 GMT Daylight Time 2001
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