I agree Make is great at what it does but too many people really abuse their makefiles and don't use dependency management correctly. I suggest taking a look a

I agree Make is great at what it does but too many people really abuse their makefiles and don't use dependency management correctly. I suggest taking a look at http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Projects-Make-Nutshell-Handbooks/dp/0596006101/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361732761&sr=8-1&keywords=gnu+make http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Projects-Make-Nutshell-Handbo... Really well written book. You don't have to agree with everything but its a great look at some of the better ways of using Make.