| 3.1 What Makefiles Contain | | What makefiles contain. |
| 3.2 What Name to Give Your Makefile | | How to name your makefile. |
| 3.3 Including Other Makefiles | | How one makefile can use another makefile. |
3.4 The Variable MAKEFILES | | The environment can specify extra makefiles. |
3.5 The Variable MAKEFILE_LIST | | Discover which makefiles have been read. |
| 3.6 Other Special Variables | | Other special variables. |
| 3.7 How Makefiles Are Remade | | How makefiles get remade. |
| 3.8 Overriding Part of Another Makefile | | How to override part of one makefile
with another makefile. |
3.9 How make Reads a Makefile | | How makefiles are parsed. |
