build

This area contains information and implementation information on software build systems (tools to run the compilers and linkers for C++ software). This is probably one of the most underfunded and misunderstood aspects of nearly any software project, and the materials gathered here offer refreshing solutions to a long-lived and vexing problem.

• "Recursive Make Considered Harmful" by Peter Miller
  - Required reading for people working on large makefile setups
• GNU Coding Standards / Makefile section - Details on target names and other common behaviors
  (A local copy dated 2002-04-09 is also available)
• MCS - Makefile Configuration System, a good implementation
  (A local copy of the distribution: make.tar.gz)

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