- Makefile Setup for Java - http://geosoft.no/javamake.html
Geosoft - A GNU Make and shell script setup for Java. Features dependency scanning, class files, JAR archives, JNI interfaces, RMI stub and skeletons, and Javadoc.
- Recursive Make Considered Harmful - http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html
Miller 1997 - An argument against using recursive make techniques in the presence of cyclic dependencies among project subdirectories.
- Software Builds - http://www.codefast.com/index.html
Codefast - Contains many articles on software build topics such as problem scope, stakeholder design viewpoints, directory structures, architecture models, makefile generator tools and software build methods.
- Smart Software Build Tools - Executive Overview - http://www.codefast.com/z-readmore/smart-software-build-tools-mgmt.html
Jameson 2003 - Management results of a 15-year research project to a build a knowledge-based software build system that calculates and executes scalable, multiplatform software builds with no human labor involved.
- Smart Software Build Tools - Technical Overview - http://www.codefast.com/z-readmore/smart-software-build-tools-tech.html
Jameson 2003 - Technical overview of a 15-year research project to a build a knowledge-based software build system that dynamically calculates and executes scalable, distributed, multiplatform software builds with no human labor involved.
- SoftwareEngineering.Info - http://www.softwareengineering.info/build/build.html
A web portal to the build management area on this general software engineering information website.
- Recursive vs Non-recursive Makefile Architecture Speed Comparison - http://kolpackov.net/projects/build/benchmark.xhtml
Kolpackov 2004 - This document compares recursive and non-recursive build systems (GNU make -j N) for building 277 software files in 15 directories using various combinations of parallelism and hardware. Non-recursive builds are faster.
- Distcc, A Fast Free Distributed Compiler - http://distcc.samba.org/doc/lca2004/distcc-lca-2004.html
Pool 2003 - This paper describes a distributed compiler for C/C++ programs, and provides a good discussion of key issues related to parallel, distributed software builds.
- PGMAKE: A Portable Distributed Make System - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/470999.html
Lih and Zadok 1994 - Reports design issues and results of modifying GNU Make to do distributed makes using the Oakridge PVM Parallel Virtual Machine.
- Make - A Program For Maintaining Computer Programs - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/feldman79make.html
Feldman 1979 - The original make paper, including makefile syntax, implicit rules, double colon targets, macros, VPATH macro, and the usual cleanup and install targets.
- The Fourth Generation Make - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/fowler85fourth.html
Fowler 1985 - A new make tool with support for CPP, dependency generation, compiled makefiles, parallel execution, pathname parsing operators, and a powerful metalanguage for builtin rules.
- A Case For Make - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/fowler90case.html
Fowler 1990 - Explains many old-make limitations and new-make (Nmake) features including procedure rules, accuracy mechanisms, viewpathing, and semaphores for blocking unwanted parallelism.
- An Automatic Make Facility - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/holyer00automatic.html
Holyer and Pehlivan 2000 - Program uses no makefile. It records manually-issued compilation commands the first time round, then rebuilds programs using recorded command traces.
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