Questions tagged [make]
For questions pertaining to make, a utility that automates the build process by managing dependencies amongst targets. Use this tag for questions about make itself or questions about issues arising from using the make command-line utility.
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Is make's $(<D) affected by nearby spaces?
Is there any hope of using $(<D) here?
Any hope of avoiding the mystery dots?
$ cat Makefile
D=$(HOME)/Downloads
test: $D/DreamHost\ Web\ Panel\ _\ Mail\ _\ Message\ Filters.html
: mv "$&...
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Do I need to define an absolute path to be able to compile the DRM / Panfrost subtree code of JSM on the RockPro64 / Khadas Edge-V / RK3399?
I'm trying to compile the drm-subtree of JSM because I want to enable the panfrost driver on the RockPro64 / KHADAS EDGE-V / RK3399. The code is here:
https://github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree
He improved ...
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POSIX-compliance of NMAKE
NMAKE by Microsoft comes with some components of Visual Studio. Is it POSIX-compliant?
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How to get multiple pattern rule %/$* variables in a Makefile?
All we get in Makefiles is just one %/$* pattern rule pair.
$ cat Makefile
%.bla:; echo $*
$ make -s m.bla
m
How shortsighted of our Unix™ fathers.
How can I achieve something like %{0}.%{1}.bla
that ...
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How to do indirect variable substitution in a GNU Makefile?
In the shell I can do
$ a=b b=c; eval echo \$$a
c
How do I do the same with GNU Make's $(eval) function?
$ cat Makefile
a=b
b=c
x:; echo {What goes here in order to get:}
$ make
c
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Can I somehow include a sub-Makefile without creating an impicit rule for it?
Honestly, I want to control, when is this sub-make rebuilt. To my largest surprise, any time if I use an include generated.sub.Makefile, it also tries to rebuild-it and then re-read my whole Makefile ...
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Need to ensure a certain binary is built early and excluded from clean [closed]
Trying to run this code in my Makefile:
MAKEFLAGS+=--no-buildin-rules
MAKEVARIABLES+=--no-builtin-variables
fixClean: dissoc.c
echo "Inside fixClean"
${CC} $<.c ${CFLAGS} ${LIBS} -...
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sed in makefile is not working as expected when using regex
Got a makefile whith this command which convert folder names on ./cmd/ from snake_case to PascalCase
test:
@for f in $(shell ls ./cmd/); do \
echo $${f}; \
echo $${f} | sed -r 's/(^...
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Can I use a flexible (either or) prerequisite in GNU make?
Is it possible to have a flexible extension for a prerequisite? For example, let's say I want to apply a rule to a list of targets that all have the same prerequisite pattern, except that some of them ...
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Does CMake/make have the ability to make my Linux operating system unstable?
30 years ago, I've started C++. Mostly under DOS, Windows 3.1 and 95. I've wrote some for 10 years. Then Java replaced it at work, for about 20 years. Now C++ in coming back in the front of the scene. ...
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Cannot compile kernel modules on TrueNAS Scale
I have a Ugreen DXP 6800 Pro and the OS disk died. No actual NAS data was lost but I cannot figure out how to get the OS back to the same state. I was previously able to compile modules and add them ...
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Why doesn't `rm -f *.{log,pdf,bbl,blg,aux}` work in a Makefile? How to repair? [duplicate]
In someone's Makefile, I saw
clean:
rm -f *.{log,pdf,bbl,blg,aux}
Upon running make clean, all the files were still there as before; nothing was removed. So what's the analogon of a shell's rm -...
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Does a .h file for external kernel modules need compilation in another, particular manner?
I have an external kernel module and a Makefile. I was using Kbuild but decided to go with a straight Makefile and make. I have my headers installed, build-essential and kmod installed, and I am ...
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Using make variable in bash scripting as part of a makefile command
I've created a makefile command to automate a publishing workflow using Pandoc and the Generic Preprocessor (GPP). It is as follows:
TODAY = $(shell date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M')
MACROS = utils/gpp/macros.md
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make menuconfig fails while working on busybox only
I was following the guide here and when I tried running make menuconfig it said
Unable to find the ncurses libraries or the required header files.
'make menuconfig' requires the ncurses libraries.
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