BSD make (bmake) and its .mk includes are really simple, it's basically make with batteries included. Many makefiles may be reduced to two lines while no new s

BSD make (bmake) and its .mk includes are really simple, it's basically make with batteries included. Many makefiles may be reduced to two lines while no new syntax is introduced: PROG=${.CURDIR:T} .include <prog.mk> It indirectly extends original BSD make. There are some syntactic differences from GNU make, but no big depart. See http://www.crufty.net/help/sjg/bmake.htm http://www.crufty.net/help/sjg/bmake.htm Here is a custom BSDmakefile for my website, a more extensive example where the mk libraries can't apply: # makefile -- Build the website. # # $Id: makefile,v 1.10 2016/08/15 12:55:49 igk Exp $ # # M4=m4 AWK=awk SED=sed TIDY=tidy5 TARGS=-i -utf8 include config.mk # Common templates for each output file. MACROES=html.m4 config.m4 TMPL=${MACROES} meta.m4 header.html.m4 HERE footer.html.m4 HTML+=${LISTS:S/$/.html/} ATOM=${LISTS:S/$/.atom.xml/} OUT=${HTML} ${HTML:S/html$/&.m4/} ${HTML:S/html$/&.dirty/} ${ATOM} .MAIN: ${HTML} ${ATOM} # Generate lists. .for L in ${LISTS} $L.txt: $L.list ${AWK} -f list.awk ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET} $L.atom.xml: $L.list ${AWK} -f atom.awk ${.ALLSRC} \ | ${M4} ${MACROES} - \ | ${SED} '1,2d' > ${.TARGET} .endfor .ifndef NOTIDY .for P in ${HTML} $P : ${P}.dirty ${TIDY} ${TARGS} ${.ALLSRC} 2>/dev/null > ${.TARGET} || true .endfor .for P in ${HTML} $P.dirty : ${TMPL:S/HERE/$P.m4/} $(M4) ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET} .endfor .else .for P in ${HTML} $P : ${TMPL:S/HERE/$P.m4/} $(M4) ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET} .endfor .endif # NOTIDY .for P in ${HTML} ${P}.m4 : ${P:S/html$/txt/} $(AWK) -f page.awk ${.ALLSRC} > ${.TARGET} .endfor clean: rm -f ${OUT} .PHONY: uuid pub ssh anal uuid: sh ./make-uuid.sh pub: sh ./publish.sh ssh: sh ./s.sh anal: sh ./analytics.sh