crm@duke.cs.duke.edu (Charlie Martin) (05/05/88)
I read recently of a version of make(1) called --- I think --- build, which allowed paths to be established for files in the dependencies lists. This modification makes it possible to build personal variants of a system, using files from the path rather than just the local directory. For example, with a file-path of .:/usr/local/src/foo, a makefile # example foo: foo.o bar.o cc -o foo foo.o bar.o bar.o: cc -c bar.c could go get the missing foo.o file (if it existed) from /usr/local/src/foo. This would be a great help during our current development; I'd appreciate if anyone can tell how this can be obtained. -- Charlie Martin (crm@cs.duke.edu,mcnc!duke!crm)
wcs@skep2.ATT.COM (Bill.Stewart.<ho95c>) (05/10/88)
In article <11694@duke.cs.duke.edu> crm@duke.cs.duke.edu (Charlie Martin) writes:
:I read recently of a version of make(1) called --- I think --- build,
:which allowed paths to be established for files in the dependencies
:lists. This modification makes it possible to build personal variants
:of a system, using files from the path rather than just the local
:directory.
I don't know if build is available outside AT&T, but I think the
nmake 4th generation make program (which is newer) is available
through the AT&T Toolchest.
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This is possible with the most recent version of GNU Make (soon to be released). Unlike `nmake', GNU Make is free and it is also supported (to some extent) by me (one of its authors). GNU Make is very powerful but it does not go completely outside the realm of a reasonable `make' program as AT&T's `nmake' and `mk' do. These programs do things as hairy as using state files and having a syntax so extended that one could more simply write a C program to accomplish the same results. -- Roland McGrath Internet: roland@wheaties.ai.mit.edu UUCP: mit-eddie!wheaties.ai.mit.edu!roland