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1.1 How to Read This Manual
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If you are new to 'make', or are looking for a general introduction,
read the first few sections of each chapter, skipping the later
sections.  In each chapter, the first few sections contain introductory
or general information and the later sections contain specialized or
technical information.  The exception is the second chapter, *note An
Introduction to Makefiles: Introduction, all of which is introductory.

   If you are familiar with other 'make' programs, see *note Features of
GNU 'make': Features, which lists the enhancements GNU 'make' has, and
*note Incompatibilities and Missing Features: Missing, which explains
the few things GNU 'make' lacks that others have.

   For a quick summary, see *note Options Summary::, *note Quick
Reference::, and *note Special Targets::.