I like to put `MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules` near the top of my makefiles. This way, all predefined rules are cancelled and I won't be caught off guard by a

I like to put `MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules` near the top of my makefiles. This way, all predefined rules are cancelled and I won't be caught off guard by a rule that I didn't specify explicitly being a match. I also usually put `.SUFFIXES:`, but I guess that's redundant: "The `-r` or `--no-builtin-rules` flag causes the default list of suffixes to be empty." [1] [1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Suffix-Rules https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Suffix-Ru...