G2

David O.

Cloud Architect - Digital Transformation, Infrastructure/Platforms Migration, Systems Integration

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/23/2018

"GNU Make Review"

4/5

What do you like best about GNU Make?

It's one of the best tools in compiling open source software for security hardening and custom configuration. We use it for building large binaries or libraries. It easy to update any source file, and any dependent files are regenerated with minimal effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GNU Make?

You need to be an advanced or intermediate Linux/Unix user to be able to troubleshoot compilation issues. Installing GNU Make for the first time might be tricky depending on your Linux distribution if it doesn't have the necessary libraries or if you're trying to use a particular GNU Make version and you need to resolve dependencies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering GNU Make:

If you're considering using open source software or want to compile software from original sources for custom configuration or security hardening, you will most likely need to use GNU Make. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GNU Make solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use GNU Make to create custom Nginx configuration and security-harden our systems. We also use it to compile the latest releases of OpenSSL directly for the source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.