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I never knew that worked. Why do they always say make && make test && make install then?

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Re^4: Perl6 - Module::Build
by PodMaster (Abbot) on May 29, 2005 at 15:31 UTC
    Why do they always say make && make test && make install then?
    Because each step can fail, and you generally don't want to make install if you haven't gotten past make, or make test (although make install first does a make, things can get hard to follow).

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