Re: Bug/Typo in make man Page

[Edward Welbourne]

Pooya Taherkhani wrote:
>> To prepare to use make, you must write a file called the makefile
>> that describes the relationships among files in your program, and the
>> states the commands for updating each file.

> I think "..., and the states the commands for ..." should be "..., and
> states the commands for...". In other words, 'the' before 'states'
> should be removed for the sentence to make sense.

Indeed; to reformat the sentence for clarity:

 To prepare to use make, you must write a file called the makefile
 that:
 * describes the relationships among files in your program, and
 * states the commands for updating each file.

(I guess someone thought the break into the list happened *after*
"describes" rather than before it, so wanted nouns (the relationships,
the states) to start the list items; but actually the makefile states
the commands, it doesn't describe the states [of ... whatever], for all
that it tacitly describes how to respond to various states.)

        Eddy.