[texhax] TeX and make

[Michael Dexter]

Hello,

The question came up of how TeX plays friendly with make and incremental 
compiling. That is, a whole TeX project must be re-built if any 
component changes or is simply "touched."

Do any tools exist to create the equivalent of a .o object file that is 
re-liked to the larger work? Else, has anyone ever voiced concern about 
this and proposed a solution?

Thanks,

Michael