Re: Choice between gnu make and other like utilities

[Greg Chicares]

On 2006-1-31 4:36 UTC, Peng Yu wrote:
> 
> There are several supplements/replacements to make. Like "cook"
> http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook/cook.html, "makemake"
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.fortran.com/makemake.perl&ei=t_XbQ4a8I4b-sgGYpoj_Ag&sig2=mNsG8neskwXrVofF0Ot6bw,
> "makepp"
> http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//makepp.sourceforge.net/&ei=6fXbQ-q0LpGIsgG3-c3yBw&sig2=3tGerEEkdRYWfi0ueEQkFw
> Maybe there are some others.

They are legion:

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Programming/Development/Tools/Make_Tools/index.shtml

> Do you know the pros and cons of them? Do you have any suggestions on
> using them?

Here are some discussions of make alternatives:

http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/1715/
http://unix.freshmeat.net/articles/view/889/
http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/11/27/2259253