diff --git a/internal/rosa/acl.go b/internal/rosa/acl.go
index ca9b877..7369896 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/acl.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/acl.go
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ make "-j$(nproc)" check
 make DESTDIR=/work install
 `, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("attr"), true, t.NewPatchedSource(
 		"attr", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-			nil,
-			"https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/attr/"+
+			nil, "https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/attr/"+
 				"attr-"+version+".tar.gz",
 			mustDecode(checksum),
 			pkg.TarGzip,
@@ -77,26 +76,23 @@ func (t Toolchain) newACL() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "2.3.2"
 		checksum = "-fY5nwH4K8ZHBCRXrzLdguPkqjKI6WIiGu4dBtrZ1o0t6AIU73w8wwJz_UyjIS0P"
 	)
-	return t.New("acl-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-
-		t.Load(Attr),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/acl/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	--enable-static
-make "-j$(nproc)"
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("acl"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("acl", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil,
 		"https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/acl/"+
 			"acl-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"enable-static"},
+		},
+
+		// makes assumptions about uid_map/gid_map
+		SkipCheck: true,
+	},
+		t.Load(Attr),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[ACL] = Toolchain.newACL }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/gnu.go b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
index 81229ae..6bb7004 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/gnu.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/gnu.go
@@ -7,27 +7,19 @@ func (t Toolchain) newM4() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "1.4.20"
 		checksum = "RT0_L3m4Co86bVBY3lCFAEs040yI1WdeNmRylFpah8IZovTm6O4wI7qiHJN3qsW9"
 	)
-	return t.New("m4-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd /usr/src/m4
-chmod +w tests/test-c32ispunct.sh && echo '#!/bin/sh' > tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/m4/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("m4"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-"+version+".tar.bz2",
+	return t.NewViaMake("m4", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-"+version+".tar.bz2",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarBzip2,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+		ScriptEarly: `
+cd /usr/src/m4
+chmod +w tests/test-c32ispunct.sh && echo '#!/bin/sh' > tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
+`,
+	},
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[M4] = Toolchain.newM4 }
 
@@ -36,24 +28,13 @@ func (t Toolchain) newSed() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "4.9"
 		checksum = "pe7HWH4PHNYrazOTlUoE1fXmhn2GOPFN_xE62i0llOr3kYGrH1g2_orDz0UtZ9Nt"
 	)
-	return t.New("sed-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/sed/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("sed"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-"+version+".tar.gz",
+	return t.NewViaMake("sed", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/sed-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), nil,
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Sed] = Toolchain.newSed }
 
@@ -94,23 +75,14 @@ func (t Toolchain) newGzip() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "1.14"
 		checksum = "NWhjUavnNfTDFkZJyAUonL9aCOak8GVajWX2OMlzpFnuI0ErpBFyj88mz2xSjz0q"
 	)
-	return t.New("gzip-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/gzip/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)"
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("gzip"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-"+version+".tar.gz",
+	return t.NewViaMake("gzip", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/gzip-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		// dependency loop
+		SkipCheck: true,
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Gzip] = Toolchain.newGzip }
 
@@ -119,14 +91,13 @@ func (t Toolchain) newGettext() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "0.26"
 		checksum = "IMu7yDZX7xL5UO1ZxXc-iBMbY9LLEUlOroyuSlHMZwg9MKtxG7HIm8F2LheDua0y"
 	)
-	return t.New("gettext-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-		t.Load(Gzip),
-		t.Load(Sed),
-	}, nil, nil, `
+	return t.NewViaMake("gettext", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+		ScriptEarly: `
 cd /usr/src/gettext
 test_disable() { chmod +w "$2" && echo "$1" > "$2"; }
 
@@ -141,19 +112,12 @@ test_disable '#!/bin/sh' gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
 test_disable 'int main(){return 0;}' gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-stdcountof-h.c
 
 touch gettext-tools/misc/archive.dir.tar
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/gettext/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("gettext"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gettext/gettext-"+version+".tar.gz",
-		mustDecode(checksum),
-		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+`,
+	},
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+		t.Load(Gzip),
+		t.Load(Sed),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Gettext] = Toolchain.newGettext }
 
@@ -162,28 +126,22 @@ func (t Toolchain) newDiffutils() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "3.12"
 		checksum = "9J5VAq5oA7eqwzS1Yvw-l3G5o-TccUrNQR3PvyB_lgdryOFAfxtvQfKfhdpquE44"
 	)
-	return t.New("diffutils-"+version, TEarly, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-	}, nil, nil, `
+	return t.NewViaMake("diffutils", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+		ScriptEarly: `
 cd /usr/src/diffutils
 test_disable() { chmod +w "$2" && echo "$1" > "$2"; }
 
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' gnulib-tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
 test_disable 'int main(){return 0;}' gnulib-tests/test-c32ispunct.c
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/cmp
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/diffutils/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("diffutils"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/diffutils-"+version+".tar.gz",
-		mustDecode(checksum),
-		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+`,
+		Flag: TEarly,
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Diffutils] = Toolchain.newDiffutils }
 
@@ -192,27 +150,21 @@ func (t Toolchain) newPatch() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "2.8"
 		checksum = "MA0BQc662i8QYBD-DdGgyyfTwaeALZ1K0yusV9rAmNiIsQdX-69YC4t9JEGXZkeR"
 	)
-	return t.New("patch-"+version, TEarly, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-	}, nil, nil, `
+	return t.NewViaMake("patch", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+		ScriptEarly: `
 cd /usr/src/patch
 test_disable() { chmod +w "$2" && echo "$1" > "$2"; }
 
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/ed-style
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/need-filename
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/patch/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("patch"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/patch-"+version+".tar.gz",
-		mustDecode(checksum),
-		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+`,
+		Flag: TEarly,
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Patch] = Toolchain.newPatch }
 
@@ -221,23 +173,19 @@ func (t Toolchain) newBash() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "5.3"
 		checksum = "4LQ_GRoB_ko-Ih8QPf_xRKA02xAm_TOxQgcJLmFDT6udUPxTAWrsj-ZNeuTusyDq"
 	)
-	return t.New("bash-"+version, TEarly, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/bash/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	--without-bash-malloc
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-ln -s bash /work/system/bin/sh
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("bash"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-"+version+".tar.gz",
+	return t.NewViaMake("bash", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+
+		Script: "ln -s bash /work/system/bin/sh\n",
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"without-bash-malloc"},
+		},
+		Flag: TEarly,
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Bash] = Toolchain.newBash }
 
@@ -246,32 +194,27 @@ func (t Toolchain) newCoreutils() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "9.9"
 		checksum = "B1_TaXj1j5aiVIcazLWu8Ix03wDV54uo2_iBry4qHG6Y-9bjDpUPlkNLmU_3Nvw6"
 	)
-	return t.New("coreutils-"+version, TEarly, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Perl),
-		t.Load(Bash),
-
-		t.Load(KernelHeaders),
-	}, nil, nil, `
+	return t.NewViaMake("coreutils", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"+version+".tar.gz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+		pkg.TarGzip,
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+		ScriptEarly: `
 cd /usr/src/coreutils
 test_disable() { chmod +w "$2" && echo "$1" > "$2"; }
 
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' gnulib-tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/split/line-bytes.sh
 test_disable '#!/bin/sh' tests/dd/no-allocate.sh
+`,
+		Flag: TEarly,
+	},
+		t.Load(Perl),
+		t.Load(Bash),
 
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/coreutils/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("coreutils"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-"+version+".tar.gz",
-		mustDecode(checksum),
-		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+		t.Load(KernelHeaders),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Coreutils] = Toolchain.newCoreutils }
 
@@ -280,23 +223,15 @@ func (t Toolchain) newGperf() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "3.3"
 		checksum = "RtIy9pPb_Bb8-31J2Nw-rRGso2JlS-lDlVhuNYhqR7Nt4xM_nObznxAlBMnarJv7"
 	)
-	return t.New("gperf-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/gperf/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("gperf"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("gperf", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gperf/gperf-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+	},
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Gperf] = Toolchain.newGperf }
 
@@ -305,20 +240,16 @@ func (t Toolchain) newGawk() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "5.3.2"
 		checksum = "uIs0d14h_d2DgMGYwrPtegGNyt_bxzG3D6Fe-MmExx_pVoVkQaHzrtmiXVr6NHKk"
 	)
-	return t.New("gawk-"+version, TEarly, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/gawk/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)"
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("gawk"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("gawk", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Flag: TEarly,
+
+		// dependency loop
+		SkipCheck: true,
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Gawk] = Toolchain.newGawk }
 
@@ -327,32 +258,24 @@ func (t Toolchain) newFindutils() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "4.10.0"
 		checksum = "ZXABdNBQXL7QjTygynRRTdXYWxQKZ0Wn5eMd3NUnxR0xaS0u0VfcKoTlbo50zxv6"
 	)
-	return t.New("findutils-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-		t.Load(XZ),
-		t.Load(Sed),
-	}, nil, nil, `
+	return t.NewViaMake("findutils", version, pkg.NewHTTPGet(
+		nil, "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-"+version+".tar.xz",
+		mustDecode(checksum),
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		SourceSuffix: ".tar.xz",
+		ScriptEarly: `
 cd /usr/src/
 tar xf findutils.tar.xz
-mv findutils-`+version+` findutils
+mv findutils-` + version + ` findutils
 
 cd findutils
 echo '#!/bin/sh' > gnulib-tests/test-c32ispunct.sh
 echo 'int main(){return 0;}' > tests/xargs/test-sigusr.c
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/findutils/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("findutils.tar.xz"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGet(
-		nil,
-		"https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/findutils-"+version+".tar.xz",
-		mustDecode(checksum),
-	)))
+`,
+	},
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+		t.Load(XZ),
+		t.Load(Sed),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Findutils] = Toolchain.newFindutils }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/libffi.go b/internal/rosa/libffi.go
index b04ce86..01dcf83 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/libffi.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/libffi.go
@@ -7,26 +7,17 @@ func (t Toolchain) newLibffi() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "3.4.5"
 		checksum = "apIJzypF4rDudeRoI_n3K7N-zCeBLTbQlHRn9NSAZqdLAWA80mR0gXPTpHsL7oMl"
 	)
-	return t.New("libffi-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-
-		t.Load(KernelHeaders),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/libffi/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	--enable-static
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("libffi"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/"+
+	return t.NewViaMake("libffi", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/download/"+
 			"v"+version+"/libffi-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"enable-static"},
+		},
+	},
+		t.Load(KernelHeaders),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Libffi] = Toolchain.newLibffi }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/libgd.go b/internal/rosa/libgd.go
index d4e83d1..f61e99b 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/libgd.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/libgd.go
@@ -7,27 +7,26 @@ func (t Toolchain) newLibgd() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "2.3.3"
 		checksum = "8T-sh1_FJT9K9aajgxzh8ot6vWIF-xxjcKAHvTak9MgGUcsFfzP8cAvvv44u2r36"
 	)
-	return t.New("libgd-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-
-		t.Load(Zlib),
-	}, nil, []string{
-		"TMPDIR=/dev/shm/gd",
-	}, `
-mkdir /dev/shm/gd
-
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/libgd/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	--enable-static
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("libgd"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("libgd", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/releases/download/"+
 			"gd-"+version+"/libgd-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+
+		OmitDefaults: true,
+		Env: []string{
+			"TMPDIR=/dev/shm/gd",
+		},
+		ScriptEarly: `
+mkdir /dev/shm/gd
+`,
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"enable-static"},
+		},
+	},
+		t.Load(Zlib),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Libgd] = Toolchain.newLibgd }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/make.go b/internal/rosa/make.go
index 61763be..7d7418f 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/make.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/make.go
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package rosa
 
-import "hakurei.app/internal/pkg"
+import (
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
+
+	"hakurei.app/internal/pkg"
+)
 
 func (t Toolchain) newMake() pkg.Artifact {
 	const (
@@ -23,3 +28,105 @@ cd "$(mktemp -d)"
 	)))
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[Make] = Toolchain.newMake }
+
+// MakeAttr holds the project-specific attributes that will be applied to a new
+// [pkg.Artifact] compiled via [Make].
+type MakeAttr struct {
+	// Mount the source tree writable.
+	Writable bool
+
+	// Do not include default extras.
+	OmitDefaults bool
+
+	// Additional environment variables.
+	Env []string
+	// Runs before cmake.
+	ScriptEarly string
+	// Runs after cmake.
+	Script string
+
+	// Flags passed to the configure script.
+	Configure [][2]string
+	// Target triple, zero value is equivalent to the Rosa OS triple.
+	Build string
+	// Whether to skip the check target.
+	SkipCheck bool
+
+	// Suffix appended to the source pathname.
+	SourceSuffix string
+
+	// Passed through to [Toolchain.New].
+	Flag int
+}
+
+// NewViaMake returns a [pkg.Artifact] for compiling and installing via [Make].
+func (t Toolchain) NewViaMake(
+	name, version string,
+	source pkg.Artifact,
+	attr *MakeAttr,
+	extra ...pkg.Artifact,
+) pkg.Artifact {
+	if name == "" || version == "" {
+		panic("names must be non-empty")
+	}
+	if attr == nil {
+		attr = new(MakeAttr)
+	}
+	build := `"${ROSA_TRIPLE}"`
+	if attr.Build != "" {
+		build = attr.Build
+	}
+
+	var configureFlags string
+	if len(attr.Configure) > 0 {
+		const sep = " \\\n\t"
+		configureFlags += sep + strings.Join(
+			slices.Collect(func(yield func(string) bool) {
+				for _, v := range attr.Configure {
+					s := v[0]
+					if v[1] == "" || (v[0] != "" &&
+						v[0][0] >= 'a' &&
+						v[0][0] <= 'z') {
+						s = "--" + s
+					}
+					if v[1] != "" {
+						s += "=" + v[1]
+					}
+					if !yield(s) {
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}),
+			sep,
+		)
+	}
+
+	defaults := []pkg.Artifact{
+		t.Load(Make),
+	}
+	if attr.OmitDefaults || attr.Flag&TEarly == 0 {
+		defaults = append(defaults,
+			t.Load(Gawk),
+			t.Load(Coreutils),
+		)
+	}
+
+	var makeSuffix string
+	if !attr.SkipCheck {
+		makeSuffix += " check"
+	}
+
+	return t.New(name+"-"+version, attr.Flag, stage3Concat(t,
+		defaults,
+		extra...,
+	), nil, attr.Env, attr.ScriptEarly+`
+cd "$(mktemp -d)"
+/usr/src/`+name+`/configure \
+	--prefix=/system \
+	--build=`+build+configureFlags+`
+make "-j$(nproc)"`+makeSuffix+`
+make DESTDIR=/work install
+`+attr.Script, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append(
+		name+attr.SourceSuffix,
+	), attr.Writable, source))
+}
diff --git a/internal/rosa/pkg-config.go b/internal/rosa/pkg-config.go
index 1e3ff21..28a42dc 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/pkg-config.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/pkg-config.go
@@ -7,25 +7,19 @@ func (t Toolchain) newPkgConfig() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "0.29.2"
 		checksum = "gi7yAvkwo20Inys1tHbeYZ3Wjdm5VPkrnO0Q6_QZPCAwa1zrA8F4a63cdZDd-717"
 	)
-	return t.New("pkg-config-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/pkg-config/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	CFLAGS='-Wno-int-conversion' \
-	--with-internal-glib
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("pkg-config"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("pkg-config", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil,
 		"https://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/"+
 			"pkg-config-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"CFLAGS", "'-Wno-int-conversion'"},
+			{"with-internal-glib"},
+		},
+	})
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[PkgConfig] = Toolchain.newPkgConfig }
diff --git a/internal/rosa/xcb.go b/internal/rosa/xcb.go
index 134f5d2..3f0e367 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/xcb.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/xcb.go
@@ -7,24 +7,19 @@ func (t Toolchain) newXCBProto() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "1.17.0"
 		checksum = "_NtbKaJ_iyT7XiJz25mXQ7y-niTzE8sHPvLXZPcqtNoV_-vTzqkezJ8Hp2U1enCv"
 	)
-	return t.New("xcb-proto-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Python),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/xcb-proto/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}" \
-	--enable-static
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("xcb-proto"), true, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+	return t.NewViaMake("xcb-proto", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
 		nil, "https://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/xcb-proto-"+version+".tar.gz",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarGzip,
-	)))
+	), &MakeAttr{
+		Writable: true,
+
+		Configure: [][2]string{
+			{"enable-static"},
+		},
+	},
+		t.Load(Python),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[XCBProto] = Toolchain.newXCBProto }
 
diff --git a/internal/rosa/xz.go b/internal/rosa/xz.go
index 9e5e0cb..0b9578b 100644
--- a/internal/rosa/xz.go
+++ b/internal/rosa/xz.go
@@ -7,24 +7,13 @@ func (t Toolchain) newXZ() pkg.Artifact {
 		version  = "5.8.2"
 		checksum = "rXT-XCp9R2q6cXqJ5qenp0cmGPfiENQiU3BWtUVeVgArfRmSsISeUJgvCR3zI0a0"
 	)
-	return t.New("xz-"+version, 0, []pkg.Artifact{
-		t.Load(Make),
-		t.Load(Gawk),
-		t.Load(Coreutils),
-		t.Load(Diffutils),
-	}, nil, nil, `
-cd "$(mktemp -d)"
-/usr/src/xz/configure \
-	--prefix=/system \
-	--build="${ROSA_TRIPLE}"
-make "-j$(nproc)" check
-make DESTDIR=/work install
-`, pkg.Path(AbsUsrSrc.Append("xz"), false, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
-		nil,
-		"https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases/download/"+
+	return t.NewViaMake("xz", version, pkg.NewHTTPGetTar(
+		nil, "https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/releases/download/"+
 			"v"+version+"/xz-"+version+".tar.bz2",
 		mustDecode(checksum),
 		pkg.TarBzip2,
-	)))
+	), nil,
+		t.Load(Diffutils),
+	)
 }
 func init() { artifactsF[XZ] = Toolchain.newXZ }