Recursive make considered harmful Export

@misc{citeulike:254255, abstract = {For large UNIX projects, the traditional method of building the project is to use recursive make. On some projects, this results in build times which are unacceptably large, when all you want to do is change one file. In examining the source of the overly long build times, it became evident that a number of apparently unrelated problems combine to produce the delay, but on analysis all have the same root cause.}, author = {Miller, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {254255}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.20.2572}, keywords = {build-systems, make}, posted-at = {2005-08-14 22:31:29}, priority = {0}, title = {Recursive make considered harmful}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.20.2572}, year = {1997} }

TY - GEN ID - citeulike:254255 L3 - citeulike-article-id:254255 N2 - For large UNIX projects, the traditional method of building the project is to use recursive make. On some projects, this results in build times which are unacceptably large, when all you want to do is change one file. In examining the source of the overly long build times, it became evident that a number of apparently unrelated problems combine to produce the delay, but on analysis all have the same root cause. TI - Recursive make considered harmful KW - build-systems KW - make AU - Miller, P PY - 1997/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.20.2572 ER -