Use % (percent wildcard) in the recipe part of a rule - makefile

I'd like to do something like this:
PHONY += bar
bar:
$(MAKE) foo_$#
PHONY += foo_%
foo_%:
cp somedir/%.a someotherdir/
.PHONY: $(PHONY)
But the % isn't evaluated in the recipe (the cp part).
My workaround has been to create a phony target with the same name of the file I want to use, but I would prefer a better solution:
PHONY += bar
bar:
$(MAKE) foo_$#
PHONY += foo_%
foo_%: %.a
#:
PHONY += %.a
%.a:
cp somedir/$# someotherdir/
.PHONY: $(PHONY)
Is there any way to pass the expansion of % to the shell command?

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Make: Can we Optimize make file targets?

We are supporting 32 bit and 64 bit build in our workflow.For that We have multiple rules in makefiles which are separate for 32-bit and 64-bit. Let me show pair of rules which are same except for the string “32” vs “64” .
Makefile Snippet:-
$(TGTDIR32)/logdir/set_user.c: $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
$(TGTDIR64)/logdir/set_user.c: $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
If you notice, We have targets with same except for the string “32” vs “64”, i want to replace them by single rule/definition. Because we have hundreds of rules like above in our infrastructure code.
Do we have any simplified way in GNUmake to do that?
Thanks in Advance!
Targets which have the same prerequisites and recipe can simply be combined, like so:
$(TGTDIR32)/logdir/set_user.c $(TGTDIR64)/logdir/set_user.c: $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
or more generally:
THESE_TARGETS := $(TGTDIR32)/logdir/set_user.c $(TGTDIR64)/logdir/set_user.c # More...?
...
$(THESE_TARGETS): $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
If Make decides that any member of $(THESE_TARGETS) is out-of-date with respect to the prerequisites, then it will run the recipe for that target.
This makefile:
.PHONY: all clean
all: a b c
a: d e
touch $#
b: d e
touch $#
c: d e
touch $#
d:
touch $#
e:
touch $#
clean:
$(RM) a b c d e
is equivalent to this one:
.PHONY: all clean
all: a b c
a b c: d e
touch $#
d e:
touch $#
clean:
$(RM) a b c d e
Later
There are some static pattern rules...
The same applies. This makefile with static pattern rules:
.PHONY: default clean
default: a.k b.k
a.k: %.k: %.j
cp -f $< $#
b.k: %.k: %.j
cp -f $< $#
a.j:
touch $#
b.j:
touch $#
clean:
$(RM) a.k b.k a.j b.j
is equivalent to this one:
.PHONY: default clean
JS := a.j b.j
KS := $(JS:.j=.k)
default: $(KS)
$(KS): %.k: %.j
cp -f $< $#
$(JS):
touch $#
clean:
$(RM) $(JS) $(KS)
In my opinion this is an appropriate place to use recursive make, at least for the top-level build.
In this situation you could do something like this:
TGTDIR64 = ...
TGTDIR32 = ...
.PHONY: all all32 all64 build
all: all32 all64
all32:
$(MAKE) TGTDIR=$(TGTDIR32) build
all64:
$(MAKE) TGTDIR=$(TGTDIR64) build
# Things below here should just use TGTDIR
build: $(TGTDIR)/b1 $(TGTDIR)/b2
$(TGTDIR)/logdir/set_user.c: $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
$(HEADERGEN_NOTSPLIT_H_COPY): $(TGTDIR)/%.h: %.h $(copy_file)
...
The two rules are semantically identical, they only use a different way to refer to a "parameterized" target. Why you don't just use one target for this
$(TGTDIR)/logdir/set_user.c: $(CURDIR)/slv/set_user.c
$(file_transfer)
and use a properly configured TGTDIR (I suspect this would be something like "xxxx_32" vs "xxxx_64")?
You could achieve this in several ways; one typical would be
ifdef choose32
TGTDIR=xxxx_32
else
TGTDIR=xxxx_64
endif

Dynamically generating a list of targets

If a file exists, I want to add a target to build. If the file does not exist, I want the target to be skipped.
an example:
FILENAME = f
TARGETS := normal
ifneq($(shell stat test_$(FILENAME).c), "")
TARGETS += test
endif
all: $(TARGETS)
normal:
#echo normal
test:
#echo test
I'm not sure the $(shell stat ...) part even works, but the bigger problem is that make with any file test_f.c in the current folder gives:
Makefile:4: *** multiple target patterns. Stop.
Removing the ifneq ... endif block makes the target normal. How can I only run the target test if test_f.c exists?
What you can do is generate a string variable (let's call it OPTIONAL) such that when 'test_f.c' exists, OPTIONAL=test; otherwise, OPTIONAL=_nothing_. And then add OPTIONAL as a prerequisite of all. e.g.:
FILENAME = f
TARGETS = normal
OPTIONAL = $(if $(wildcard test_f.c), test, )
all: $(TARGETS) $(OPTIONAL)
normal:
#echo normal
test:
#echo test
You can also iterate over targets with for loop
.PHONY: all
RECIPES = one
all: RECIPES += $(if $(wildcard test_f.c), two, )
all:
for RECIPE in ${RECIPES} ; do \
$(MAKE) $${RECIPE} ; \
done
one:
$(warning "One")
two:
$(warning "Two")
> make
for RECIPE in one ; do \
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make ${RECIPE} ; \
done
makefile:11: "One"
make[1]: `one' is up to date.
> touch test_f.c
> make
for RECIPE in one two ; do \
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make ${RECIPE} ; \
done
makefile:11: "One"
make[1]: `one' is up to date.
makefile:14: "Two"
make[1]: `two' is up to date.

Makefile. Multidimensional list?

I need to write a pattern rule for the following case:
There are 2 folders: A and B
Running the command python gen.py --a=A/file1.foo --b=file2.bar --c=file3.bar generates B/file1.foo
file1, file2 and file3 are different strings
Is there a way to group those filenames in some kind of a multidimensional array, so that all files are written exactly once (I'll use python syntax):
files = [["a1.foo", "a2.bar", "a3.bar"],
#...200 other groups...
["b1.foo", "b2.bar", "b3.bar"]]
and then the rule looks like this:
$(files): B/{reference 1 elem}: A/{1 elem} {2 elem} {3 elem}
python gen.py --a=A/{1 elem} --b={2 elem} --c={3 elem}
Any ideas how to archive it?
You can use standard make syntax for that:
all :
targets :=
define add_target
B/${1}: A/${1} ${2} ${3}
targets += B/${1}
endef
# Build dependencies.
$(eval $(call add_target,a1.foo,a2.bar,a3.bar))
# ...
$(eval $(call add_target,b1.foo,b2.bar,b3.bar))
# One generic rule for all ${targets}
${targets} : % :
#echo Making $# from $^
all : ${targets}
.PHONY: all
Note that these $(eval $(call add_target,...) are white-space sensitive, do not insert spaces in there.
If you would like make to create the directory for outputs automatically do:
${targets} : % : | B
B :
mkdir $#
Sometimes a little repetition isn't so bad really
targets := B/a1.foo B/b1.foo
.PHONY: all
all: $(targets)
$(targets): B/%: A/%
python gen.py --a=$< --b=$(word 2,$^) --c=$(word 3,$^)
B/a1.foo: a2.bar a3.bar
B/b1.foo: b2.bar b3.bar

Make Target Name From Another

Have problem in dynamically "create" target name with .SECONDEXPANSION:
Small Makefile to reproduce problem:
CONFIGS = test1 test2 test3
.SECONDEXPANSION:
all: $(CONFIGS)
OBJECTS=$$(CFG_NAME)_OBJECTS
$(CONFIGS) : CFG_NAME=$#
$(CONFIGS) : $(OBJECTS)
#echo $(CFG_NAME) $# from $^
$(OBJECTS):
#echo OBJECTS $# from $^
#echo DO IT
It says: "No rule to make target 'test1_OBJECTS'.
How can I solve this problem?
EDIT: CHANGE OF THE ANSWER
Thank you much for the answer. It was the simple variant for my task.
So I try to answer in another way.
CONFIGS = test1 test2 test3
PLATFORMS = x86 ppc arm
#will be test1x86 test2x86 ... test1ppc ... test3arm,
#so it is long way to enumarate all variants
VARIANTS = $(foreach c, $(CONFIGS), $(foreach p, $(PLATFORMS), $(c)$(p)))
#C FILE LIST
CFILES:=$(shell /bin/find -name "*.c")
.SECONDEXPANSION:
all: $(VARIANTS)
#More Comlex Rule
#Want to corresponding objects be in bins/test1x86/
OBJECTS:=$(CFILES:%.c=bins/$$(CFGNAME)%.o)
$(CONFIGS) : CFG_NAME=$#
$(CONFIGS) : $(OBJECTS)
#echo $(CFG_NAME) $# from $^
#More complex prerequisites
#I understand that $$(CFGNAME) will be resolve incorrect.
#For each *.c file in subdir I would have object in corresponding path.
#For example, '1/2/3/test.c' will use for generate
#object file 'bins/test1x86/1/2/3/test.o',
#when I call 'make testx86' or 'make all' (it will build all VARIANTS),
#in 'bins/test1x86/1/2/3/'.
#So what have I do?
$(OBJECTS): bins/$$(CFGNAME)_OBJECTS/%o : %.c
#echo OBJECTS $# from $^
#echo DO IT
So, I would like to avoid recursive make calls. Can you help me?
Thank you.
You have a rule for $(OBJECTS), but that target expands to $(CFG_NAME)_OBJECTS, which is not expanded again (ever), so it can't match anything. Try this instead:
test1_OBJECTS test2_OBJECTS test3_OBJECTS:
#echo OBJECTS $# from $^
#echo DO IT
Or better:
OBJECT_SETS = $(addsuffix _OBJECTS, $(CONFIGS))
$(OBJECT_SETS):
#echo OBJECTS $# from $^
#echo DO IT
(And I'm sure you realize your example doesn't really need SECONDEXPANSION at all.)
EDIT:
That should be a separate question, but I'll try to answer it here. (And please use punctuation in the comments in your makefile; they are very difficult to understand.)
There is more than one solution to your problem. Here is one:
vpath %.c $(dir $(CFILES))
CFILES := $(notdir $(CFILES))
I've gotcha it.
CONFIGS = test1 test2 test3
PLATFORMS = p1 p2
#Will be testp1 test1p2 .. test3p2
VARIANTS = $(foreach c, $(CONFIGS), $(foreach p, $(PLATFORMS), $(c)$(p)))
.SECONDEXPANSION:
#.c files list in all subfolders
cfiles = $(shell /bin/find -name "*.c")
#objects for these .c files for custom VARIANT
objects = $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(addprefix bins/$1/,$(cfiles)))
#Get .c source for object (e.g. bins/test1p1/tests/main_test.o => tests/main_test.c)
get_src=$(shell echo $1 | sed 's/[^\/]*\/[^\/]*\/\(.*\)/\1.c/')
#Build All Variants
all: $(VARIANTS)
#Build objects. Target list contains all objects for all variants.
#Prerequisites get .c sources from the pattern rule for targets
$(foreach v, $(VARIANTS), $(call objects,$(v))) : %.o : $$(call get_src,$$*)
#echo OBJECTS $# FROM $^
#Variants rule, depends on objects
$(VARIANTS): $(call objects,$$#)
#echo $# from $^
Thank you, Beta. You only have tried. :)
Maybe anyone have style or efficiency suggestions.

Makefile - How to call other makefiles with dependencies

Hey, I have a simple "master" Makefile who simply calls other makefiles. I'm trying to do the following in order to build components in the right order:
LIB_A = folder_a
LIB_B = folder_b
LIB_C = folder_c
MY_TARGETS = $(LIB_A) $(LIB_B) $(LIB_C)
.PHONY: $(LIB_A)
$(LIB_A):
#$(MAKE) -C $#;
.PHONY: $(LIB_B)
$(LIB_B):
#$(MAKE) -C $#;
.PHONY: $(LIB_C)
$(LIB_C): $(LIB_A) $(LIB_B)
#$(MAKE) -C $#;
.PHONY: all
all: $(MY_TARGETS)
However, when I make, only LIB_A gets built.
(I don't even get a folder_b up-to-date message or whatever).
Any hint ?
You need to make all the default. You can do this in either of these ways:
move it to be the first target in the file
Add .DEFAULT_GOAL := all
Alternatively, you could run make all instead of just make.
Neil Butterworth solved the problem, but you can also make this makefile a little more concise:
LIB_A = folder_a
LIB_B = folder_b
LIB_C = folder_c
MY_TARGETS = $(LIB_A) $(LIB_B) $(LIB_C)
.PHONY: all $(MY_TARGETS)
all: $(MY_TARGETS)
$(MY_TARGETS):
#$(MAKE) -C $#;
$(LIB_C): $(LIB_A) $(LIB_B)

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