Make has builtin rules for most obvious build jobs: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Catalogue-of-Rules.html https://www.gnu.org/software/make

Make has builtin rules for most obvious build jobs: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Catalogue-of-Rules.html https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Catalogue... You also can pass env vars to it: $ CC=clang make foo https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Implicit-Variables.html https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Implicit-... And (with care) define your own in: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#MAKEFILES-Variable https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#MAKEFILES...