---
name: "plmake"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmakefile-parser-perl"
version: "0.215-1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/plmake"
---

# plmake(1p)

Experimental "make" utility based on Makefile::Parser

## NAME

plmake - Experimental "make" utility based on Makefile::Parser

## VERSION

This document describes plmake 0.14 released on March 10, 2007.

## SYNOPSIS

```
    $ plmake
    $ plmake test
    $ plmake -f Makefile all
```

## DESCRIPTION

This utility mainly serves as a quick check for what does and what does not work in Makefile::Parser. Please don't use it in production.

## LIMITATIONS

There are quite a lot of limitations in the underlying Makefile::Parser:

- •

  Directives are not supported.

- •

  Double colon rules don't work

- •

  Multi-target rules are not supported.

- •

  .PHONY is not supported.

## AUTHOR

Zhang "agentzh" Yichun \<agentzh@gmail.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2007 by Zhang "agentzh" Yichun. All rights reserved.

This program is free-software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

## SEE ALSO

Makefile::Parser, gvmake, pmake.