diff --git a/makefile.mk b/makefile.mk
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+CFLAGS += $(DEFINES) -v -w 
+OBJS = gopher.o url.o connection.o
+
+gopher: $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+gopher.o: gopher.c url.h connection.h
+url.o: url.c url.h
+connection.o: connection.c connection.h
+data.o: data.c data.h
+dictionary.o: dictionary.c dictionary.h
+
+clean:
+	$(RM) *.o *.root
+
+clobber: clean
+	$(RM) gopher
+