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This Makefile specifies a target-specific variable and a global one VAR=value target: VAR2=value2 ifdef VAR VAR3+=$(VAR) endif ifdef VAR2 VAR3+=$(VAR2) endif target: @echo $(VAR) $(VAR2)...
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I am trying to compile .c-files and store the output .o-files into different folders. When making a debug-build, the output files should be stored in build/debug/. When making a release-build, the ...
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From here, I realize it is possible to query the pwd. I have the following 2 lines that I currently comment on/off # LDLIBSOPTIONS=-L "/home/OpenXLSX/linux/lib" LDLIBSOPTIONS=-L "/...
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I am trying to save the output of a makefile. I have tried everything that I can think of without success. > >> tee compile.log > 1> tee compile.log > 2> tee compile.log > &>...
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I want to build make test with Makefile, and the test target should generate <file_name>_test executable based on the folder tests/<file_name>.c. All tests/*.c files have a main() function....
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The lib folder contains many *.h and *.c files, and all files are in development phrase and they contain many errors including syntax errors. So I want to write the Makefile to debug all libraries one ...
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C/Makefile relative newbie here. I have a C project whose structure looks like this: main.c subdir1 a.h a.c b.h b.c subdir2 x.h x.c y.h ...
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The following is a minimal example from something odd that was happening to me. My situation was obviously more complex than what follows, but the "misunderstanding" boils down exactly to ...
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I am using an alternate make system tied in to the main make. The issue is when I do: make -B For rebuild all, it does not pass that to the submake. I want the submake to also do a rebuild. The only ...
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I installed mingw64 on my Windows 11 system a few days ago. When using mingw32-make, the following code (lines 27 and 28) in the makefile is failing. voice.exe: ${OBJS} ${CC} -o "$@" ${...
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Here is my Makefile. All the %.o depend on %.c and main.h, except the ones under main, event, cmd folder, which depend on $(MAIN_HEADERS). How do I combine the below and make them simpler, as their ...
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I have a minimal Makefile with just this one pattern rule: %: %.m4 m4 $< > $@ Then, with GNU Make: touch foo.in.m4 ; make foo.in executes as expected: m4 foo.in.m4 > foo.in but for foo....
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Trying to create a Makefile that compiles C source into a .o file in a subfolder as well as creating the executable in a different subfolder depending on the architecture of the host PC. When I run &...
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Goal Use concise makefile with organized directory structure. In particular, I don't want to have to edit the makefile to manage dependencies with every new source addition. The assumed directory ...
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Visual Studio Code 1.104.1, running on Fedora 42 (Workstation Edition). I can't seem to be able to build a project that requires two build steps, cmake and make. Part of the problem is that I want to ...
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I have a recursive Makefile setup where a root Makefile delegates builds to subdirectory Makefiles via $(MAKE) BUILDTARGET=.... Most subdirectories build fine, but the boot/ directory behaves ...
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Consider this Makefile: run-%: % ./$< I have a test1.cpp file, so I expect make to build test1.o and test1 using chained implicit rules when I run make run-test1. However, what I get is make: *...
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For context, I have been working on a game engine for a while now. The engine requires several libraries to function (Wayland, XKB, Vulkan, etc.). Because the added complexity of shared libraries ...
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I'm modifying a makefile and a bit in the dark. I've tried googling and reading make primers but nothing has obvious answers to my problems below Its first target: "default" compiles and ...
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I want GNU make command to fail if the environment var AUTO_CALL is not specified. I could do so: .PHONY: x x: ifndef AUTO_CALL @echo "Don't call `make` manually." else ... endif ...
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Metakit can be found here: https://github.com/jnorthrup/metakit So, I'm trying to build Metakit on Debian. The readme file on GitHub have Unix (C++) build instructions. They are basically just the ...
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I have been making a Haskell project that I want to continue on in C at some point through the FFI. I wanted to create a makefile to compile all the source with Clang for C and GHC for Haskell. The ...
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I have a Makefile where I define a user-provided DEBUG variable to switch compile flags and target files. In one specific target, test, I want this variable to always be 1. Essential bits: DEBUG ?= 0 ...
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I want to build and push a docker image as two different recipes in a Makefile. However, to avoid installations on the environment, the version tag of the Dockerfile is created inside the container ...
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How can I use the output of a shell script as variable in another shell script. Suppose the following Makefile build: DOCKER_IMAGE_ID=$(shell docker build -q -t myimage .); \ OUT=$(shell ...
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I'm trying to find a way to easily compile a project with debugging flags or with optimized flags. I.e. make debug would build the project with FLAGS = -static -W -Wall -Wextra -g -ggdb and make ...
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I have the following script and makefile: Makefile WORKING_DIR := /home/user1/working_dir outdir := /home/user1/working_dir/outdir script := ./myscript.sh my_target: file1.ini file2.ini file3.ini ...
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I was for a while developing an SDL project in code blocks but wanted to transition to instead using VS Code. My experience with compiling my own programs hasn't gone beyond single file, non-dependent ...
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I am working on Windows OS. And here is my makefile snippet. COMPILER_ROOT := C:/Users/kpt DATE := $(COMPILER_ROOT)/build/busybox_glob.exe date SED := $(COMPILER_ROOT)/build/busybox_glob.exe sed ...
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I am working on OpenWrt 23.05, to run a CGI script from the browser URL e.g. http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/myapp.cgi The server is uHTTPd. My CGI file is written in C++ that needs no interpreter. The CGI ...
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I cannot comment out an info line inside a define. The following makefile shows the behavior (mind the tabs) define tmpl $(info info inside define, not commented, parameter is: $(1)) # $(info info ...
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I am trying to bulid glibc from source at Ubuntu 18.04 GLIBC_VERSION="2.28" GLIBC_DIR="$HOME/.local/src/opt/glibc-$GLIBC_VERSION" GLIBC_TAR="$HOME/.local/src/opt/glibc-$...
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I am building a C library with external dependencies that I have to compile separately. E.g. I have ./ext/lib1/src/lib1.c ./ext/lib2/lib2.c ./ext/lib3/xyz/whatever.c Which I want to compile into ./...
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Python version: 3.12 pip-tools: 7.4.1 Project structure /projectdir ------requirements/ ------------requirements.in ------------requirements.txt ------------requirements-dev.in ------------...
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I typed make aaa.zzz after touch a b c. I got nothing. No stdout, no stderr. Why? GNU Make 3.82 It doesn't work. .SECONDEXPANSION: %.xxx: $$(shell echo a b c) echo in xxx %.zzz: %.xxx $$(shell ...
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I'm building a kernel image, with my own kernel module being added to the build, using my own Makefile and Kbuild scripts. The final complete kernel image gets flashed to a ROM. I have a few kernel ...
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I'm trying to keep my Makefile compatible between BSD and GNU make. It is not particularly complicated, but there is one spot, where I'd very much like to assign a value based on the output of a ...
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I'm working on a project in C, and I'm using GNU Make to handle compiling everything, but I'm having a lot of trouble trying to compile every .c file in my project, including ones in subdirectories. ...
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I am having an issue with my module compilation written in C for Kernel and I even can't find documentation which would be helpful. My issue looks like following. There are several files written in C ...
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I have a small issue where make or the command prompt reports an error when I invoke make clean. This is my Makefile: CC = gcc DEPS = $(wildcard *.c *.h) SRCS = $(wildcard *.c) TARGET = mforth.exe # ...
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Makefile MWE snippet: ifdef REVISION $(info "Revision is ${REVISION}") else $(error "REVISION missing, can't compile code") endif all: echo "Hello" .PHONY: ...
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please help. I am learning the DirectInput API, but I am having trouble calling a single function DirectInput8Create() in my MSYS2-MINGW64 environment. I verified dinput.dll is in the bin/ directory......
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In my training course, makefile example is written. The full makefile code is below can be used to get exe file successfully. TARGET: exe exe: main.o mylibmath.a gcc main.o -o exe -L . mylibmath....
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I am trying to download two files, A and B, using curl in a Makefile. The download of A has to be finished to download B. When I am executing the following command in zsh, the order is respected (B is ...
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A = $(shell date) B := $(shell date) all: @echo $(A) sleep 2s; @echo $(A) sleep 2s; @echo $(A) @echo $(B) As per the documentation that B is evaluated immediately when make is run and A ...
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I need to load the symbols into gdb so that I can debug the boot loader. I am on an ARM architecture compiling for x86. I have tried this and the symbols do not load. This is the process I follow. ...
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I have the below project structure which consists of multiple submodule Makefiles along with main Makefile. The Makefiles make use of common functions/rules which are placed inside common/...
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I have a setup wherein I am building the solution through makefile rather than Visual Studio IDE, I need to give "/FAcs Machine, source, and assembly code; .cod" option by providing as an ...
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I have an issue in a Makefile where I'm trying to read a value in from an AWS secret manager secret into a Make variable as follows: $(eval SECRET_NAME := some/aws/secretname) $(eval SECRET_FILE := ....
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I'm trying to port Newlib following this tutorial after following this tutorial, and I'm running into an issue near the end. I'm at this step: mkdir build-newlib cd build-newlib ../newlib-x.y.z/...
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