>> If make isn't generating at least some of your recipes for you, then why not just make a "build.sh" script?

> Because then you don't get what Make brings to the table: tab completion, declarative dependency specification between steps, declarative definition of targets.

Yeah, that part was a little bit flip. :)

I think neglecting this feature ignores too much of Make's power, but it definitely does have other things going for it as well.