No you shouldn't. I know make inside and out, a result of being stubborn and lazy, and I am positive I can build a better replacement for it in a matter of days. Something like, but more general than, Rake.
The way Make works is very complex with lot of implicit rules, special exceptions, etc. Debugging Makefile is a chore.
If you are bent to use it, two pieces of advice: there is a handy debug flag that will tell you everything make is doing, and do disable all the implicit rules.
The way Make works is very complex with lot of implicit rules, special exceptions, etc. Debugging Makefile is a chore.
If you are bent to use it, two pieces of advice: there is a handy debug flag that will tell you everything make is doing, and do disable all the implicit rules.