Re: The usage of `cd builtins && $(MAKE) ...`

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On 12/30/18 8:09 AM, Peng Yu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see things like `cd builtins && $(MAKE) ...` in the Makefiles in
> bash source code. GNU Make has the option of -C for entering a
> directory and make. Is the reason to cd then make for compatibility
> with other make's that don't support -C? Thanks.

Yes. Bash doesn't require GNU make.

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