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6 cheatmake - fool make into not rebuilding certain files
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9 cheatmake [hidechangefile] [show] [whyfile]
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12 cheatmake is used to save time when recompiling. It can fool make into
13 skipping files that haven't changed in a meaningful way. This can be
14 used for instance when you change a comment in a file but none of the
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17 This utility is part of the KDE Software Development Kit.
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21 Hides the fact that file was changed by setting the timestamp into
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25 Lists what files make currently needs to rebuild
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31 One of the following variables (but not both) should be set if the
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52 cheatmake was written by David Faure <faure@kde.org>. This manual page
53 was prepared by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux®
54 system (but may be used by others).
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