On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:40 PM Roy J. Tellason, Sr. <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 27 May 2026 08:29:09 am Greg Wooledge wrote: > > "make" is a tool used in software development. It has a man page: > > <https://manpages.debian.org/make> > > Looked that over, then tried "info make" which had a bit more in it, but > not as much as I'd like. I have tried to read makefiles and find it > difficult to get a handle on just what's going on there. Do you know of any > other resources that might help with this?
Make and makefiles are definitely an acquired taste. POSIX's make is anemic. To get useful things done, you want to use GNU make (or equivalent). I prefer handwritten makefiles over those produced by generators like Automake or Cmake. Or that has been my experience. The best way to master makefiles is to work with them -- write them by hand and debug other people's makefiles. Or that has been my experience. Jeff
