rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) (12/13/88)
Does anyone know of any Public Domain makefile generator ?
My problem is that programmers(myself included) occasionally forget to
add dependencies into their Makefiles. I am looking for a tool that
will somehow create/verify a Makefile so I can be confident that no
dependencies have been forgotten.
I would like information on non-public domain programs if anyone has
it.
Thanks in advance,
-Rob Kedoin
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/-- | In article <2269@mergvax> rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes: | I am looking for a tool that will somehow create/verify a Makefile | so I can be confident that no dependencies have been forgotten. \-- I've been looking for a tool like this for some time, now. This tool should verify dependency on the Makefile itself and the tools that the make program invokes to create target files. For example, an object file is dependent, not only on its source and included header files, but also on the compiler and the options specified in the Makefile. Change any one of these and you've changed the object. I would like to hear about any tool that can verify that _ALL_ dependencies have been included correctly. By the way, how do you efficiently archive an entire development environment? -- I am seriously considering a career on | Ray Lampman (608) 276-3431 the beach. I'll need a microwave modem, | Madison Wisconsin USA Earth solar power supply, and a little shade. | {husc6,rutgers}!uwvax!heurikon!lampman
guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) (12/17/88)
>For example, an object file is dependent, not only on its source and >included header files, but also on the compiler and the options >specified in the Makefile. Change any one of these and you've changed >the object. The SunOS 4.0 "make" can be told to handle that; if told to do so, it asks the C preprocessor to list include files used, and asks the linker to list libraries used, when building programs, and builds a ".make.state" file that lists those dependencies. It also makes targets depend on the commands used to build them, so that if the options change targets are rebuilt. I don't remember whether it makes the targets depend on the tools used to build them, although I don't think it does. Unfortunately, you have to buy a Sun to get it (Sun doesn't sell it for other machines), and it requires assistance from the compilers and linker.
daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) (12/18/88)
In article <2269@mergvax> rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes: >Does anyone know of any Public Domain makefile generator ? > >My problem is that programmers(myself included) occasionally forget to >add dependencies into their Makefiles. I am looking for a tool that >will somehow create/verify a Makefile so I can be confident that no >dependencies have been forgotten. > >I would like information on non-public domain programs if anyone has >it. the "mkmf" package split out from "spms" on the 4.3 user contributed software tape is a good start. We used it for wuite a while before moving to AT&T's "nmake" program available from the toolchest. If you only need to add dependencies, rather than create the makefile from scratch, the 4.3 "cc" command has a -M option that spits out makefile dependiencies for the specified files to stdout. (This is actually a feature of /lib/cpp). The GNU C preprocessor also has a -M flag. Good luck, -dB -- If life was like the movies, the music would match the picture. {sun,mtxinu,hoptoad}!rtech!gonzo!daveb daveb@gonzo.uucp
gregg@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Wonderly) (12/20/88)
From article <487@gonzo.UUCP>, by daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower): > In article <2269@mergvax> rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes: >>Does anyone know of any Public Domain makefile generator ? >> >>My problem is that programmers(myself included) occasionally forget to >>add dependencies into their Makefiles. I am looking for a tool that >>will somehow create/verify a Makefile so I can be confident that no >>dependencies have been forgotten. >> >>I would like information on non-public domain programs if anyone has >>it. > > ... > > If you only need to add dependencies, rather than create the makefile > from scratch, the 4.3 "cc" command has a -M option that spits out > makefile dependiencies for the specified files to stdout. (This is > actually a feature of /lib/cpp). It is a feature of every cc(1) that will run cpp... try cc -E file.c | grep '^#' | sed '1,$s/^[^"]*"//;s/"$//' | sort -u | \ ( echo "file.o : \c" # change as needed for you version of sh # echo -n "file.o : " while read x do echo "\\\n\t$x \c" # change as needed for you version of sh # echo -n "\\\n\t$x " done echo '' exit 0 ) Which generated for me... file.o : \ ./defs.h \ ./extern.h \ ./struct.h \ /usr/include/assert.h \ /usr/include/ctype.h \ /usr/include/stdio.h \ /usr/include/string.h \ /usr/include/sys/types.h \ file.c -- It isn't the DREAM that NASA's missing... DOMAIN: gregg@ihlpb.att.com It's a direction! UUCP: att!ihlpb!gregg