That is only true if one does not believe in reading, or makes no effort at all to look for such resources. There are entire books on this subject.
* Clovis L. Tondo, Andrew Nathanson, and Eden Yount (1994). Mastering MAKE: a guide to building programs on DOS, OS/2, and UNIX systems. Prentice Hall.
* Robert Mecklenburg (2004). Managing Projects with GNU Make. Nutshell Handbooks. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596552541.
* John Graham-Cumming (2015). The GNU Make Book. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593276492.
* Clovis L. Tondo, Andrew Nathanson, and Eden Yount (1994). Mastering MAKE: a guide to building programs on DOS, OS/2, and UNIX systems. Prentice Hall.
* Robert Mecklenburg (2004). Managing Projects with GNU Make. Nutshell Handbooks. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 9780596552541.
* John Graham-Cumming (2015). The GNU Make Book. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593276492.