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

Started by	Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com>
First post	2018-12-30 07:09 -0600
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  The usage of `cd builtins && $(MAKE) ...` Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> - 2018-12-30 07:09 -0600

#15008 — The usage of `cd builtins && $(MAKE) ...`

From	Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com>
Date	2018-12-30 07:09 -0600
Subject	The usage of `cd builtins && $(MAKE) ...`
Message-ID	<mailman.6557.1546175409.1284.bug-bash@gnu.org>

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.

-- 
Regards,
Peng

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