1CHEATMAKE(1)                                                      CHEATMAKE(1)
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NAME

6       cheatmake - fool make into not rebuilding certain files
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SYNOPSIS

9       cheatmake [hidechangefile] [show] [whyfile]
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DESCRIPTION

13       cheatmake  is used to save time when recompiling. It can fool make into
14       skipping files that haven't changed in a meaningful way.  This  can  be
15       used  for  instance when you change a comment in a file but none of the
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19       This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.
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OPTIONS

23       hidechange file
24              Hides the fact that file was changed by  setting  the  timestamp
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32              Explains why make must rebuild file
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ENVIRONMENT

36       One  of  the  following  variables  (but not both) should be set if the
37       source directory is different from the build directory.  If  the  build
38       directory is simply a subdirectory of the source directory, the simpler
39       variable OBJ_SUBDIR should be used.
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43              Indicates that the build directory is in the given  subdirectory
44              of  the  source directory. For instance, if the source directory
45              is kdesdk and the build directory is kdesdk/obj-i386-linux, then
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50              A  sed expression that is used to transform the source directory
51              into the build directory. For instance, if the source  directory
52              is  kdesdk/obj-i386-linux, then OBJ_REPLACEMENT should be set to
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SEE ALSO

57       make(1)
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AUTHORS

61       cheatmake was written by David Faure  <faure@kde.org>. This manual page
62       was  prepared by Ben Burton  <bab@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux®
63       system (but may be used by others).
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68                                 March 8, 2003                    CHEATMAKE(1)