Using makefile to install dependencies

[wecacuee]

If the install script fails in the middle, you have to fix the error and rerun the entire thing. I like makefile way of handling dependencies. I just translated install script into makefile.

[kuz]

Do I understand correctly that if a lua rock is already installed then Makefile will not install it anew? How the updates are handled -- will it be able to update a rock or a cloned repository if there is a change?

[wecacuee]

Do I understand correctly that if a lua rock is already installed then Makefile will not install it anew?
Yes.

How the updates are handled -- will it be able to update a rock or a cloned repository if there is a change?
One can use make --always-make dependencies to force update all the rocks/repositories. In effect --always-make option will run exactly like ./install_dependencies.sh.