diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7eb0a973..3993b00b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,7 +22,5 @@ _cgo_*
 core
 
 *-stamp
-leveldb-1.7.0*
-protobuf-2.4.1*
-snappy-1.0.5*
 prometheus.build
+prometheus
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 394b3d8d7..b1c6ffc8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ before_script:
 - gvm use go1.0.3 || true
 
 script:
- - make -f Makefile.TRAVIS
-
+ - make
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 376d52e87..367e4aed6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,22 +11,25 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+.SUFFIXES:
+
 TEST_ARTIFACTS = prometheus prometheus.build search_index
 
+include Makefile.INCLUDE
+
 all: test
 
-test: build
-	go test ./... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
-
-build:
-	$(MAKE) -C model
-	$(MAKE) -C web
-	go build ./...
+advice:
+	go tool vet .
 
 binary: build
 	go build -o prometheus.build
 
+build: preparation model web
+	go build .
+
 clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C build clean
 	$(MAKE) -C model clean
 	$(MAKE) -C web clean
 	rm -rf $(TEST_ARTIFACTS)
@@ -34,16 +37,46 @@ clean:
 	-find . -type f -iname '*#' -exec rm '{}' ';'
 	-find . -type f -iname '.#*' -exec rm '{}' ';'
 
+documentation: search_index
+	godoc -http=:6060 -index -index_files='search_index'
+
 format:
 	find . -iname '*.go' | egrep -v "generated|\.(l|y)\.go" | xargs -n1 gofmt -w -s=true
 
-advice:
-	go tool vet .
+model: preparation
+	$(MAKE) -C model
+
+package: binary
+	cp prometheus.build build/package/prometheus
+	rsync -av build/root/lib/ build/package/lib/
+
+preparation: source_path
+	$(MAKE) -C build
+
+run: binary
+	./prometheus.build $(ARGUMENTS)
 
 search_index:
 	godoc -index -write_index -index_files='search_index'
 
-documentation: search_index
-	godoc -http=:6060 -index -index_files='search_index'
+# source_path is responsible for ensuring that the builder has not done anything
+# stupid like working on Prometheus outside of ${GOPATH}.
+source_path:
+	-[ -d "$(FULL_GOPATH)" ] || { mkdir -vp $(FULL_GOPATH_BASE) ; ln -s "$(PWD)" "$(FULL_GOPATH)" ; }
+	[ -d "$(FULL_GOPATH)" ]
 
-.PHONY: advice binary build clean documentation format search_index test
+test: build
+	go test ./appstate/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./coding/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./config/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./model/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./retrieval/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./rules/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./storage/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./utility/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+	go test ./web/... $(GO_TEST_FLAGS)
+
+web: preparation
+	$(MAKE) -C web
+
+.PHONY: advice binary build clean documentation format model package preparation run search_index source_path test
diff --git a/Makefile.INCLUDE b/Makefile.INCLUDE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4da1bfbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile.INCLUDE
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+# Set this to "false" to provide verbose builds of third-party components,
+# namely C and C++ dependencies.
+export SILENCE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILDS := true
+
+ifeq ($(SILENCE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILDS), true)
+export THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT := >/dev/null 2>&1
+else
+export THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT :=
+endif
+
+GO_VERSION := 1.0.3
+LEVELDB_VERSION := 1.7.0
+PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION := 2.4.1
+SNAPPY_VERSION := 1.0.5
+
+UNAME := $(shell uname)
+FIRST_GOPATH := $(shell echo $${GOPATH} | awk -F':' '{ print $$1 }')
+FULL_GOPATH := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/src/github.com/prometheus/prometheus
+FULL_GOPATH_BASE := $(FIRST_GOPATH)/src/github.com/prometheus
+
+export PREFIX=$(PWD)/build/root
+
+export PATH := $(PREFIX)/bin:$(GOPATH)/bin:$(PATH)
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH := $(PREFIX)/lib:$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+
+export CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -I$(PREFIX)/include
+export CXXFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS) -I$(PREFIX)/include
+export CPPFLAGS := $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(PREFIX)/include
+export LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -L$(PREFIX)/lib
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH := $(PREFIX)/lib/pkgconfig:$(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+
+export GO_TEST_FLAGS := "-v"
+
+GO_GET := go get -u -v -x
+APT_GET_INSTALL := sudo apt-get install -y
+BREW_INSTALL := brew install
+# By default, wget sets the creation time to match the server's, which throws
+# off Make.  :-(
+WGET := wget --no-use-server-timestamps -c
diff --git a/Makefile.TRAVIS b/Makefile.TRAVIS
deleted file mode 100644
index c80299518..000000000
--- a/Makefile.TRAVIS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,194 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-GO_VERSION := 1.0.3
-LEVELDB_VERSION := 1.7.0
-PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION := 2.4.1
-SNAPPY_VERSION := 1.0.5
-
-OVERLAY_ROOT := ${HOME}/overlay_root
-
-export PATH := $(PATH):$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/bin
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH := $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/lib
-
-export CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -I$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/include
-export CXXFLAGS := $(CXXFLAGS) -I$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/include
-export CPPFLAGS := $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/include
-export LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -L$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/lib
-export CGO_CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -lsnappy
-export CGO_LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS)
-
-export GO_TEST_FLAGS := "-v"
-
-GO_GET := go get -u -v -x
-APT_GET_INSTALL := sudo apt-get install -y
-WGET := wget -c
-
-all: test
-
-preparation: preparation-stamp
-
-preparation-stamp: build-dependencies
-	touch $@
-
-build-dependencies: build-dependencies-stamp
-
-build-dependencies-stamp: bison cc go goprotobuf gorest goskiplist instrumentation leveldb levigo mercurial protoc
-	touch $@
-
-overlay: overlay-stamp
-
-overlay-stamp:
-	[ -d "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)" ] || mkdir -vp $(OVERLAY_ROOT)
-	touch $@
-
-bison: bison-stamp
-
-bison-stamp:
-	[ -x "$$(which bison)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) bison
-
-cc: cc-stamp
-
-cc-stamp:
-	[ -x "$$(which cc)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) build-essential
-	touch $@
-
-go: go-stamp
-
-go-stamp: bison
-	gvm install go$(GO_VERSION) || true
-	gvm use go$(GO_VERSION) || true
-	[ -x "$$(which go)" ]
-	touch $@
-
-mercurial: mercurial-stamp
-
-mercurial-stamp:
-	[ -x "$$(which hg)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) mercurial
-	touch $@
-
-wget: wget-stamp
-
-wget-stamp:
-	[ -x "$$(which wget)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) wget
-	touch $@
-
-protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2: wget
-	$(WGET) http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/$@
-
-protoc: protoc-stamp
-
-protoc-stamp: cc protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2 overlay
-	([ ! -x "$$(which protoc)" ] && tar xjvf protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2) || true
-	([ ! -x "$$(which protoc)" ] && cd protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION) && ./configure --prefix="$(OVERLAY_ROOT)") || true
-	([ ! -x "$$(which protoc)" ] && $(MAKE) -C protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION)) || true
-	([ ! -x "$$(which protoc)" ] && $(MAKE) -C protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION) install) || true
-	[ -x "$$(which protoc)" ]
-	touch $@
-
-gorest: gorest-stamp
-
-gorest-stamp: go source
-	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/gorest
-	touch $@
-
-goprotobuf: goprotobuf-stamp
-
-goprotobuf-stamp: go protoc source
-	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/proto
-	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/protoc-gen-go
-	touch $@
-
-instrumentation: instrumentation-stamp
-
-instrumentation-stamp: go source
-	$(GO_GET) github.com/prometheus/client_golang
-	touch $@
-
-leveldb: leveldb-stamp
-
-leveldb-stamp: cc rsync leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz snappy overlay
-	tar xzvf leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz
-	$(MAKE) -C leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)
-	rsync -av "leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/include/" "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/include/"
-	-rsync -av "leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.*so* "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/lib/"
-	-rsync -av "leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.*dylib* "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/lib/"
-	rsync -av "leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.a "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)/lib/"
-	touch $@
-
-leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz: wget
-	$(WGET) http://leveldb.googlecode.com/files/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-levigo: levigo-stamp
-
-levigo-stamp: leveldb go snappy source
-	$(GO_GET) github.com/jmhodges/levigo
-	touch $@
-
-goskiplist: goskiplist-stamp
-
-goskiplist-stamp: go source
-	$(GO_GET) github.com/ryszard/goskiplist/skiplist
-	touch $@
-
-rsync: rsync-stamp
-
-rsync-stamp:
-	[ -x "$$(which rsync)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) rsync
-
-vim-common: vim-common-stamp
-
-vim-common-stamp:
-	$(APT_GET_INSTALL) vim-common
-	touch $@
-
-test: test-stamp
-
-test-stamp: preparation source
-	cd ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/prometheus
-	$(MAKE) build
-	$(MAKE) test
-	touch $@
-
-snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz: wget
-	$(WGET) http://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
-	tar xzvf snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
-	cd snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION) && ./configure --prefix="$(OVERLAY_ROOT)"
-	$(MAKE) -C snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION)
-	$(MAKE) -C snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION) install
-
-snappy: snappy-stamp
-	tar xzvf snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-snappy-stamp: cc overlay rsync snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
-	touch $@
-
-source: source-stamp
-
-source-stamp:
-	-mkdir -vp ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/prometheus
-	ln -sf $${PWD} ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/prometheus/prometheus
-	touch $@
-
-clean:
-	-rm *-stamp
-	-rm -rf "$(OVERLAY_ROOT)"
-	-rm -rf leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)
-	-rm -rf protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION)
-	-rm -rf snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION)
-	-rm leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz
-	-rm protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2
-	-rm snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
-
-
-.PHONY: all bison build-dependencies cc clean go goprotobuf gorest instrumentation leveldb levigo mercurial overlay preparation protoc rsync snappy source test wget vim-common
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fe4501418..726315c90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,29 +14,121 @@ intervals, evaluate rule expressions, display the results, and trigger an
 action if some condition is observed to be true.
 
 ## Prerequisites
+If you read below in the _Getting Started_ section, the build infrastructure
+will take care of the following things for you in most cases:
 
-  1. Go 1.0.X. [GVM](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm) is highly recommended as well.
-  2. LevelDB: (https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/).
-  3. Protocol Buffers Compiler: (http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/).
-  4. goprotobuf: the code generator and runtime library: (http://code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/).
-  5. Levigo, a Go-wrapper around LevelDB's C library: (https://github.com/jmhodges/levigo).
-  6. GoRest, a RESTful style web-services framework: (http://code.google.com/p/gorest/).
-  7. Prometheus Client, Prometheus in Prometheus (https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang).
-  8. Snappy, a compression library for LevelDB and Levigo (http://code.google.com/p/snappy/).
+  1. Go 1.0.3.
+  2. GVM: [https://github.com/moovweb/gvm](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm) is highly recommended as well.
+  3. LevelDB: [https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/](https://code.google.com/p/leveldb/).
+  4. Protocol Buffers Compiler: [http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/](http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/).
+  5. goprotobuf: the code generator and runtime library: [http://code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/](http://code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/).
+  6. Levigo, a Go-wrapper around LevelDB's C library: [https://github.com/jmhodges/levigo](https://github.com/jmhodges/levigo).
+  7. GoRest, a RESTful style web-services framework: [http://code.google.com/p/gorest/](http://code.google.com/p/gorest/).
+  8. Prometheus Client, Prometheus in Prometheus [https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang).
+  9. Snappy, a compression library for LevelDB and Levigo [http://code.google.com/p/snappy/](http://code.google.com/p/snappy/).
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 For basic help how to get started:
 
   * The source code is periodically indexed: [Prometheus Core](http://godoc.org/github.com/prometheus/prometheus).
-  * For Linux users, please consult the Travis CI configuration in _.travis.yml_ and _Makefile.TRAVIS_.
-  * [Getting started on Mac OSX](documentation/guides/getting-started-osx.md)
+  * For UNIX-like environment users users, please consult the Travis CI configuration in _.travis.yml_ and _Makefile_.
   * All of the core developers are accessible via the [Prometheus Developers Mailinglist](https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/prometheus-developers).
 
+### Working with GVM
+Starting out, the following workflow is advised:
+
+    $ gvm install go1.0.3
+    $ gvm use go1.0.3
+    $ gvm pkgset create prometheus
+    $ gvm pkgset use prometheus
+
+This is mainly due to the fact that it allows the user to partition the
+compile-time side-effects from the rest of one's work environment, particularly
+``${GOPATH}``.
+
+Read below in the _General_ section.
+
+### Not Using GVM
+It is entirely possible to build Prometheus without ``gvm``.  I presently do not
+advise taking this route due to build environment pollution both against
+Prometheus and from its build infrastructure onto the system---namely
+``${GOPATH}``.
+
+If you really want to avoid GVM, execute the following:
+
+    $ touch build/gvm-stamp
+
+Read below in the _General_ section.
+
+### General
+
+For first time users, simply run the following:
+
+    $ make
+
+If you run into problems, try the following:
+
+    $ SILENCE_THIRD_PARTY_BUILDS=false make
+
+Upon having a satisfactory build, it's possible to create an artifact for
+end-user distribution:
+
+    $ make package
+    $ find build/package
+
+``build/package`` will be sufficient for whatever archiving mechanism you
+choose.  The important thing to note is that Go presently does not
+staticly link against C dependency libraries, so including the ``lib``
+directory is paramount.  Providing ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` or
+``DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`` in a scaffolding shell script is advised.
+
+Executing the following target will start up Prometheus for lazy users:
+
+   $ ARGUMENTS="-foo -bar -baz" make run
+
+``${ARGUMENTS}`` is passed verbatim into the makefile and thusly Prometheus as
+``$(ARGUMENTS)``.  This is useful for quick one-off invocations and smoke
+testing.
+
+### Mac OS X
+We have a handy [Getting started on Mac OS X](documentation/guides/getting-started-osx.md) guide.
+
+### Problems
+If at any point you run into an error with the ``make`` build system in terms of
+its not properly scaffolding things on a given environment, please file a bug or
+open a pull request with your changes if you can fix it yourself.
+
+Please note that we're explicitly shooting for stable runtime environments and
+not the latest-whiz bang releases; thusly, we ask you to provide ample
+architecture and release identification remarks for us.
+
 ## Testing
 
+    $ make test
+
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/prometheus.png)](https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/prometheus)
 
+## Contributing
+
+1. To start, reach out via our mailing list (mentioned above) and ask us what
+   the current priorities are.  We can find a good isolated starter project for
+   you.
+
+2. Keeping code hygiene is important.  We thusly have a practical preference
+   for the following:
+
+   1. Run ``make format`` to ensure the correctness of the Go code's layout.
+
+   2. Run ``make advice`` to find facial errors with a static analyzer.
+
+   3. Try to capture your changes in some form of a test.  Go makes it easy to
+      write [Table Driven Tests](https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/TableDrivenTests).
+      There is no mandate to use this said scaffolding mechanism, but it _can_
+      make your life easier in the right circumstances.
+
+3. Welcome aboard!
+
 ## License
 
 Apache License 2.0
diff --git a/build/Makefile b/build/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a98321e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+include ../Makefile.INCLUDE
+
+all: dependencies-stamp
+
+bison-stamp: bison-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which bison)" ] || { echo "bison not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+bison-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which bison)" ] || $(BREW_INSTALL) bison
+	touch $@
+
+bison-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which bison)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) bison
+	touch $@
+
+cache-stamp:
+	$(MAKE) -C cache
+	touch $@
+
+cc-stamp: cc-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which cc)" ] || { echo "cc not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+cc-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which cc)" ] || { echo "Install XCode?" ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+cc-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which cc)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) build-essential
+	touch $@
+
+dependencies-stamp: cache-stamp go-stamp goprotobuf-stamp gorest-stamp goskiplist-stamp instrumentation-stamp levigo-stamp
+	touch $@
+
+go-stamp: gvm-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which go)" ] || { echo "go not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+goprotobuf-stamp: go-stamp mercurial-stamp protoc-stamp
+	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/proto $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/goprotobuf/protoc-gen-go $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+gorest-stamp: go-stamp
+	$(GO_GET) code.google.com/p/gorest $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+goskiplist-stamp: go-stamp
+	$(GO_GET) github.com/ryszard/goskiplist/skiplist $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+gvm-stamp: bison-stamp cc-stamp mercurial-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which gvm)" ] || { echo "gvm not found; install manually from https://github.com/moovweb/gvm." ; false ; }
+	-gvm install go$(GO_VERSION)
+	#
+	# ********** **********
+	# gvm installed go$(GO_VERSION) if it did not exist already.
+  #
+  # Prometheus expects go$(GO_VERSION) to be used for building.
+	# This can be achieved by running ``gvm use go$(GO_VERSION)`` before any
+	# other Prometheus make tools.
+	#
+	# Once this build finishes, $(GOPATH) will be mutated and
+	# contain some new packages.  Here is an example workflow:
+	#
+	# $ gvm install go$(GO_VERSION)
+	# $ gvm use go$(GO_VERSION)
+	# $ gvm pkgset create prometheus
+	# $ gvm pkgset use prometheus
+	#
+	# ********** **********
+	#
+	-[ -z "${CI}" ] && read -p "Press [ENTER] upon reading." _
+	touch $@
+
+instrumentation-stamp: go-stamp
+	$(GO_GET) github.com/prometheus/client_golang $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+leveldb-stamp: cache-stamp cache/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz cc-stamp rsync-stamp snappy-stamp
+	tar xzvf cache/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz -C dirty $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	# The test that LevelDB uses to test for Snappy is naive and
+	# does not respect LDFLAGS.  :-(
+	CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS) -lsnappy $(LDFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="-lsnappy $(LDFLAGS)" $(MAKE) -C dirty/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION) $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	rsync -av "dirty/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/include/" "$(PREFIX)/include/" $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	-[ "$(UNAME)" = "Linux" ] && { rsync -av "dirty/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.*so* "$(PREFIX)/lib/" ; } $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT) $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	-[ "$(UNAME)" = "Darwin" ] && { rsync -av "dirty/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.*dylib* "$(PREFIX)/lib/" ; } $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	rsync -av "dirty/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION)/"*.a "$(PREFIX)/lib/" $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+levigo-stamp: cc-stamp go-stamp leveldb-stamp snappy-stamp
+	CGO_CFLAGS="-I$(PREFIX)/include" CGO_LDFLAGS="-L$(PREFIX)/lib" $(GO_GET) github.com/jmhodges/levigo $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+libunwind-stamp:
+	$(APT_GET_INSTALL) libunwind7
+	$(APT_GET_INSTALL) libunwind7-dev
+	touch $@
+
+mercurial-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which hg)" ] || $(BREW_INSTALL) mercurial
+	touch $@
+
+mercurial-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which hg)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) mercurial
+	touch $@
+
+mercurial-stamp: mercurial-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which hg)" ] || { echo "hg not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+noop-target-stamp:
+	echo "Not doing anything."
+	touch $@
+
+protoc-stamp: cache-stamp cache/protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2 cc-stamp
+	tar xjvf cache/protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2 -C dirty $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	cd dirty/protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION) && ./configure --prefix="$(PREFIX)" $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	$(MAKE) -C dirty/protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION) $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	$(MAKE) -C dirty/protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION) install $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	[ -x "$$(which protoc)" ] || { echo "protoc not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+rsync-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which rsync)" ] || $(BREW_INSTALL) rsync
+	touch $@
+
+rsync-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which rsync)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) rsync
+
+rsync-stamp: rsync-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which rsync)" ] || { echo "rsync not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+snappy-stamp: cache-stamp cache/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz cc-stamp
+	tar xzvf cache/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz -C dirty $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	cd dirty/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION) && ./configure --prefix="$(PREFIX)" $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	$(MAKE) -C dirty/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION) $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	$(MAKE) -C dirty/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION) install $(THIRD_PARTY_BUILD_OUTPUT)
+	touch $@
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
+stack-unwind-support-stamp: libunwind-stamp
+	touch $@
+else
+stack-unwind-support-stamp: noop-target-stamp
+	touch $@
+endif
+
+vim-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which vim)" ] || $(BREW_INSTALL) vim
+	touch $@
+
+vim-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which vim)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) vim
+	touch $@
+
+vim-stamp: vim-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	touch $@
+
+clean:
+	$(MAKE) -C cache clean
+	$(MAKE) -C dirty clean
+	$(MAKE) -C root clean
+	rm -rf *-stamp
+
+
+.PHONY: clean
diff --git a/build/cache/.gitignore b/build/cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb541719c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.gz
+*.bz2
diff --git a/build/cache/Makefile b/build/cache/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bdeb3adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/cache/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+include ../../Makefile.INCLUDE
+
+all: populate
+
+populate: leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2 snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz: wget-stamp
+	$(WGET) http://leveldb.googlecode.com/files/leveldb-$(LEVELDB_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+protobuf-$(PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_VERSION).tar.bz2: wget-stamp
+	$(WGET) http://protobuf.googlecode.com/files/$@
+
+snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz: wget-stamp
+	$(WGET) http://snappy.googlecode.com/files/snappy-$(SNAPPY_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+wget-implementation-Darwin-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which wget)" ] || $(BREW_INSTALL) wget-stamp
+	touch $@
+
+wget-implementation-Linux-stamp:
+	[ -x "$$(which wget)" ] || $(APT_GET_INSTALL) wget-stamp
+	touch $@
+
+wget-stamp: wget-implementation-$(UNAME)-stamp
+	[ -x "$$(which wget)" ] || { echo "wget not found." ; false ; }
+	touch $@
+
+clean:
+	-[ -n "$(REALLY_CLEAN)" ] && rm -rf *.bz2
+	-[ -n "$(REALLY_CLEAN)" ] && rm -rf *.gz
+	rm -rf *-stamp
+
+.PHONY: clean populate
diff --git a/build/dirty/.gitignore b/build/dirty/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dirty/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/dirty/Makefile b/build/dirty/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d76a09106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/dirty/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+include ../../Makefile.INCLUDE
+
+all:
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf *
+	git checkout .
diff --git a/build/package/.gitignore b/build/package/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/package/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/package/Makefile b/build/package/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d76a09106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/package/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+include ../../Makefile.INCLUDE
+
+all:
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf *
+	git checkout .
diff --git a/build/package/lib/.gitignore b/build/package/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/package/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/root/Makefile b/build/root/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d76a09106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/root/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Prometheus Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+
+include ../../Makefile.INCLUDE
+
+all:
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf *
+	git checkout .
diff --git a/build/root/bin/.gitignore b/build/root/bin/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/root/bin/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/root/include/.gitignore b/build/root/include/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/root/include/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/root/lib/.gitignore b/build/root/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f59ec20aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/root/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/model/Makefile b/model/Makefile
index 9b2a342dd..2382a6a2b 100644
--- a/model/Makefile
+++ b/model/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 MAKE_ARTIFACTS = generated-stamp
 
-export PATH := $(PATH):/Users/mtp/Development/go/bin
-
 all: generated
 
 generated: generated-stamp
diff --git a/model/generated/.gitignore b/model/generated/.gitignore
index e796b66a8..cd6d21b5f 100644
--- a/model/generated/.gitignore
+++ b/model/generated/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+*.cc
 *.go
+*.h
+*.o