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> If you have an atomic step that produces multiple targets, it confuses make, and encoding the fact properly in the Makefile is really not straightforward. Ma

> If you have an atomic step that produces multiple targets, it confuses make, and encoding the fact properly in the Makefile is really not straightforward. Make does have a lot of warts, but this isn’t one of them any more. Grouped targets were added in the most recent release of GNU Make, and they address exactly this problem. Re: your other points, many of them boil down to “the syntax is weird”. I agree 100%, and also it’s not so tough once you get used to it. I use GNU Make for tons of things, and I like it a lot.

ur-whale 6y ago
> . Grouped targets were added in the most recent release Very good to know, thank you (that's indeed in release 4.3 IIUC) > e: your other points, many of them boil down to “the syntax is weird”. I don't think lack of introspection or recursive Makfiles or generated deps. falls in the "syntax is weird" column. Weird syntax I can leave with. Lack or very difficult to use essential features are a different story.