Re: I'm stuck, please help...

Another great utility gone gui. I have just picked up a couple of books on
programming for Linux,
but it's deer season in the Great White North, and I fear I shall not touch
them until December.

Marshall Pharoah
Software Engineer
Adirondac Software
PIC/6805/6811/68000
Asm/C/C++

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Goldstein <timg@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, October 18, 1999 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] I'm stuck, please help...

>From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@...>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Marshall Pharoah" <pharoahm@...>
>>
>> Make will execute a makefile which checks the dependencies of the files
>and
>> compiles only those files which have been updated since the last build.
>> By typing "make xconfig" you are telling make to use a file named
>> xconfig.mak
>
>While you are generally correct about the action of make, in this instance
>the command "make xconfig" is not looking for a preexisting make file, but
>shoulf bring up a graphic utility that allows you to create a proper make
>file with the options you need.
>
>
>> Generally in the dos/windows world, you would need a -f before the name

of

>> the
>> makefile, but I have yet to wrok on anything large enough in linux to
>> require a makefile.
>> There are usually several other commands available, for instance -v will
>> provide a verbose
>> build. Typing "man make" should give you a basic description of the make
>> utility
>> and the commands.
>>
>> I don't have my linux box here, or I could check that out for you.
>
>He is typing in the correct command, but as you suggest there is something
>missing from the install. The other comands that are valid for building the
>file make is going to work upon is "make menuconfig" or "make config". Both
>of these will do the job, but are a considerably greated pain to use.
>
>Tim
>[Denver, CO]
>