[ale] Bash wildcard

[cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Chris Fowler)]

Before someone ask why I'm not using GNUmakefile I'll explain.  For 
years we've used GNUmakefile to build software while packages use 
Makefile.  The problem is that programmers are making Makefile so 
complex it is hard for me to create a GNUmakefile that does not blow 
something up.  Makefile's now are calling make on their self to make 
other targets.  To fix this I've had to create those same targets in 
GNUmakefile.  I just got pissed over this weekend and said F'it.  I did 
a find on all our GNUmakefiles and renamed them to OURmakefile.  Since 
GNU make has no clue what that it I've solved the problem.  In the main 
tree I simply have one GNUmakefile symlinked to OURmakefile that fires 
off the build process by working through the tree and executing 'make -f 
OURmakefile <insert target here>'.

Why people can't keep things simple I do not know.  I'm talking about: 
all-recursive, clean-am, all-am, yada yada yada.

Oh yea, why is make not good enough for Java?  Is it because the syntax 
is so cryptic that Ant had to be created? I only say this from 
experience.  I tried to craft a whole build process in Perl for this 
project and after going back to the GNU Make manual I've ditched it and 
went back to make. :P