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The utility simply known as make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems. First invented in the 1970s, make still turns up to this day as the central engine in most programming projects; it even builds the Linux kernel. In the third edition of the classic Managing Projects with GNU make, readers will learn why this utility continues to hold its top position in project build software, despite many younger competitors.The premise behind make is simple: after you change source files and want to rebuild your program or other output files, make checks timestamps to see what has changed and rebuilds just what you need, without wasting time rebuilding other files. But on top of this simple principle, make layers a rich collection of options that lets you manipulate multiple directories, build different versions of programs for different platforms, and customize your builds in other ways.This edition focuses on the GNU version of make, which has deservedly become the industry standard. GNU make contains powerful extensions that are explored in this book. It is also popular because it is free software and provides a version for almost every platform, including a version for Microsoft Windows as part of the free Cygwin project. Managing Projects with GNU make, 3rd Edition provides guidelines on meeting the needs of large, modern projects. Also added are a number of interesting advanced topics such as portability, parallelism, and use with Java.Robert Mecklenburg, author of the third edition, has used make for decades with a variety of platforms and languages. In this book he zealously lays forth how to get your builds to be as efficient as possible, reduce maintenance, avoid errors, and thoroughly understand what make is doing. Chapters on C++ and Java provide makefile entries optimized for projects in those languages. The author even includes a discussion of the makefile used to build the book.

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Robert Mecklenburg began using Unix as a student in 1977 and has been programming professionally for 23 years. His make experience started in 1982 at NASA with Unix version 7. Robert received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah in 1991. Since then, he has worked in many fields ranging from mechanical CAD to bioinformatics, and he brings his extensive experience in C++, Java, and Lisp to bear on the problems of project management with make.

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  • Chris Maguire
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Reference
    Reviewed in Canada on October 24, 2018
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    I've got a lot of bookmarks in this book and use it regularly when I'm working with Make.
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  • Patrice Levesque
    4.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to make
    Reviewed in Canada on January 20, 2010
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    I found the complexity level of this book just right for me; I've been toying with simple Makefiles for years and couldn't figure out some inconsistencies. The author explains pitfalls and common mistakes, the Makefile parsing process and the subtleties of variable assignment, which I found very valuable. I now feel ready to plunge in sterile reference manuals. Though it doesn't address autoconf which is possibly the most popular user of make, the book packs enough examples and thorough explanations to be worth its weight.
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  • C. Parker
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but not for the absolute beginner
    Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2012
    I use make for a variety of tasks. In addition to managing code compilation, I also use it to manage LaTeX document preparation. Before getting this book, I had cobbled together some (pretty clunky) makefiles that got the job done, but I wanted to do a better job and understand some of the snippets of makefiles that other's had shared with me; that's why I got this book.

    The book is good, and contains a wealth of detail. However, it dives right in and makes a lot of assumptions about the reader's programming experience. For example, in the first motivational example, the author presents a program that counts the number of times different words appear in the input via the command line. No big deal, right? Well, he uses lex in that code. I get what he is trying to do; he's trying to show that make can do more than just call a compiler like gcc, but if you don't know what lex is, you're going to get all hung up on that. As you read the book, you need to keep a lot of place-holders in your head to keep track of things that have been introduced but not explained; as often the explanation comes much later on. I'd suggest that laying down a firmer foundation and holding the reader's hand early in the text would make the book a whole lot more accessible.

    I did find this book useful, and I'm glad that I have it. I gave it three stars, though, due to the issues I've outlined above.
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  • Client d'鶹
    5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon livre
    Reviewed in France on May 9, 2024
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    N'ayant jamais aimé CMake, je suis toujours resté sur Makefile et malgré mes nombreuses années en informatique, je ne m'étais jamais réellement penché sur comment bien maitriser Makefile. Ce livre donne de nombreuses informations précieuses que je n'avais pas pu trouver sur le web. Par conséquent, il m'a pu me débloquer sur des comportements incompris et source de frustrations. Je le recommande chaudement. Dommage que la dernière édition date de 2004.
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  • JJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Worthy purchase, print and digital
    Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2019
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    Learn make for real. Well structured and gentle, taking you from make begginer to journeyman. Totally worth it. If you learn this first, the other varieties of make will be fairly easy to adapt to.
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  • Mark Collins-cope
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book. All hidden details revealed.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2023
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    Tells you what you need to know. Well explained. Easy to use as ref.
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  • Szombathely
    5.0 out of 5 stars Verständliche Einführung mit vielen praktischen Beispielen
    Reviewed in Germany on October 3, 2017
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    Gut geeignet auch für den Anfänger in Make und anderen GNU-Programmier-Tools. Nachdem ich mit den Man-Pages nicht zurechtgekommen bin, war dies endlich ein erfolgreicher Einstieg in die Thematik.
    Das Buch ist verständlich geschrieben und enthält viele Beispiele welche detailliert erklährt werden.
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  • berdrang
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference book
    Reviewed in France on January 5, 2013
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    Good explanations illustrated by examples. Though slightly "old", this book is very useful if you want to make "portable" makefiles: I read it to work on several linux versions.
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