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</P><LI>Not multi-user: doesn't give a flock<P><CODE>cgimake</CODE> does locking by target or globally.</P><LI><CODE>.SECONDARY</CODE> not as powerful as it could be<P>Use <CODE>.PRECIOUS</CODE> and have scripts & commands not leave bogus output around.
On GNU Make's TODO list.</P><LI>Can't query modern RCSs / SCMs all that well<P></UL>
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