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Clarification of make plugin help text

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Project
snapcraft
Number
#730
Type
pull request
State
merged
Author
mikemccracken
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Current evaluation

Merged as commit 7b0f5befc, clarifying that the make plugin runs the default target followed by make install.

Resolution: closed resolved

Reason: PR #730 was merged into Snapcraft as commit 7b0f5befc. Its updated help text explains the default build target and additional install step.

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Issue body

Just helped debug a makefile based project that failed because 'install' was the default target, and running 'make && make install' broke the build. This clarification would've made it easier to understand what the plugin was actually doing.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Merged as commit 7b0f5befc, clarifying that the make plugin runs the default target followed by make install.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Merged in commit 7b0f5befc, clarifying the make plugin help text about the default target and the extra make install step.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Merged PR #730 (commit 7b0f5befc) to clarify the make plugin’s help text, explaining its implicit make and make install steps and incorporating feedback from #715.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Merged in #730 via commit 7b0f5befc, clarifying the make plugin help text about running make install and the risk when install is the default target.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Merged clarification to the make plugin help text to prevent build failures when 'install' is the default target. Reviewers approved the update after referencing PR #715, and the change was successfully integrated.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — Merged following maintainer review and approval. Updated the make plugin help text to clarify default target behavior and prevent build failures from sequential make commands.

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Related work

  • Related To: snapcraft#715 (confidence 95%)

    The reviewer requested incorporating #715, which added artifact handling and allowed skipping make install when artifacts were specified.

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