Ability to skip make (and only use make install)

[sandstrom]

Many packages don't require make && make install, only make install is needed. Furthermore, some of them will fail when running make (outside a build/dev context).

Being able to run only make install would be a good addition.

  execute "make #{new_resource.path}" do
    command "make #{new_resource.make_opts.join(' ')}"
    not_if { new_resource.only_make_install } # <== added line
    cwd new_resource.path
    environment new_resource.environment
    action :nothing
  end

  execute "make install #{new_resource.path}" do
    command "make install #{new_resource.make_opts.join(' ')}"
    cwd new_resource.path
    environment new_resource.environment
    action :nothing
  end

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Another option would be to introduce a :make_target, when specified only that make target would run.

if new_resource.make_target
  execute "make install #{new_resource.path}" do
    command "make #{new_resource.make_target} #{new_resource.make_opts.join(' ')}"
    cwd new_resource.path
    environment new_resource.environment
    action :nothing
  end  
else # ordinary flow
  execute "make #{new_resource.path}" do
    command "make #{new_resource.make_opts.join(' ')}"
    cwd new_resource.path
    environment new_resource.environment
    action :nothing
  end

  execute "make install #{new_resource.path}" do
    command "make install #{new_resource.make_opts.join(' ')}"
    cwd new_resource.path
    environment new_resource.environment
    action :nothing
  end
end

That way, someone needing to run only make install would use :make_target => 'install'.

Someone else may want to check curl and could use :make_target => 'check' (https://github.com/curl/curl/blob/master/Makefile.am#L177).