• Make looks fine on the surface
• Myth 1: Make-based builds are portable
• Myth 2: Make based builds are scalable
• Myth 3: Make tool is simple and easy
• Myth 4: Make is fast
• More Make problems
• Reliability issues
• Implicit dependencies
• Limited syntax
• Difficult debugging
• What about generated Make-files?
• Conclusion on Make
• Make alternatives
• Make clones
• Opus make
• GNU Make
• AT&T NMake
• Make evolutions
• Jam
• Cook
• Bootstrapping
• Build systems
• The GNU build system (GBS)
• Alternative configuration tools
• Alternative build systems
• More Make alternatives: script based build tools
• Ant
• SCons
• More build related tools
• General conclusion