Re: [Automake-NG] [PATCH 1/2] [ng] perf: disable GNU make builtin rules, for performance reasons

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Dave Hart wrote:
> Thanks.  That approach should work for a recursive setup if each
> directory with Makefile.am also has the MAKEFLAGS-altering
> GNUmakefile.  From my perspecitve, while it would be nicer if Automake
> handled it for me, this solution appeals.  I realize converting to
> nonrecursive make would yield correctness and performance wins, but so
> far I have been put off by the loss of ability to build only a
> subtree.

It is quite possible to build a subtree of a non-recursive project but 
you do need to know how to specify the fully-qualified path to the 
target which should be built.  If there are just a few common targets, 
these can be added as shortcut targets in the Makefile.

Bob
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