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Be Aware of the Makefile Effect

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431 points thunderbong | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 04:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.338s | source
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donatj ◴[11 Jan 25 06:44 UTC] No.42663834[source]▶
If I had a nickel for every time I have seen a Makefile straight up copied from other projects and modified to "work" while leaving completely unrelated unnecessary build steps and targets in place.

It's a major pet peeve of mine.

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bboygravity ◴[11 Jan 25 07:10 UTC] No.42663962[source]▶
How do you know what is and isn't related if nothing is documented?

Trial and error?

Well have fun with that :p

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1. donatj ◴[11 Jan 25 07:55 UTC] No.42664164[source]▶
Exactly. Bonus points if the person who started the project moved on and you have to be the one to build and maintain it.