Calling make remotely

[Felix E. Klee]

Hi,

I am developing on remote computers that are faster than my client computer. 
To edit source files I use TRAMPs ssh-mode. This works very well. However, I 
don't know what is the best way to run Makefiles on the remote machines. 
Currently I am using EMACS compile command with parameters like "ssh host 
\"cd some/directory; make target1 target2\"". Are there any other less 
cumbersome ways to execute make on the remote machine?

Felix