From: rpolzer AT web DOT de (Rudolf Polzer)
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Alexei A. Frounze <dummy_addressee AT hotmail DOT com> schrieb Folgendes:
> "Paul Michailidis" <paulm14 AT home DOT com> wrote in message
> news:3AAB0579 DOT C04BE507 AT home DOT com...
> > Anyway, just a general question. What is the point of running "make" in
> > the allegro folder? why is it that you have to make allegro. Shouldn't
> > it be ready to run once you download it? Also, before you run make,
> > there already exists an allegro.h file. Wouldn't that suffice in order
> > to successfully include allegro.
> 
> It's extra 900KB. And if you want to change something in Allegro (sometimes
> this migh be needed) you'll need different 900KB. Also having sources is a
> good thing to look at.
> I think that's why.

Yes, that's what in the ALLEGRO FAQ stands.

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