Where: various locations http://www.gnu.org/software/make/make.html Description: This command takes files describing relationships between files and describes actions to take to transform files from one format into another when the file's timestamp indicates that such a transformation is needed. One such implementation of this command is the GNU Make, pointed to by the fsf.org link above. Currently, gnu make is at version 3.80 . Updated: 09/2004 Contact: See web siteAmong tools useful for dealing with make are the remake [1] debugger. Also see "Debugging Makefiles" [2] for valuable tips on coercing Make to introspect.
See also gnu, MaMa, Mkdepend, PADE, PVM, tmk, UltraMake, ...Also of interest as a model is Ruby's Rake [3] project, a domain-specific language intended to be a functional substitute for Make.
Tcl-based (all pure-Tcl?) contestants: tclmake, bras, smake, A Little Make Replacement, the make library, tabs ...
"What's wrong with Make", or, more formally, "Getting Started with SCons" [4]. Also, Andy Oram wrote a nice, "make: The Evolution and Alternatives" [5].
There are a variety of alternatives to make. Hopefully people will add more links here.
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