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Makefile Assertions

Unfortunately, GNU Make does not have any form of assertions built in, but they are easy to create using existing GNU Make functions.
John Graham-Cumming's picture John Graham-Cumming
December 5, 2005
Makefile Optimization: $(shell) and := go Together

Ask Mr. Make discusses Makefile optimization: ow $(shell) and := go together.
John Graham-Cumming's picture John Graham-Cumming
December 5, 2005
An Interactive GNU Make Debugger

The interactive GNU debugger has breakpoints, dumps information about the rule at which a breakpoint is hit and allows interactive querying of variable values and definitions.
John Graham-Cumming's picture John Graham-Cumming
December 5, 2005
The GNU Make Standard Library

The GMSL contains functions for list and string manipulation, has a complete integer arithmetic library, and functions for data structures: there are GNU Make implementations of associative arrays and stacks. There are also built-in debugging facilities.
John Graham-Cumming's picture John Graham-Cumming
March 3, 2005

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