i was reading this post on makefile. I found that I cannot find where are the compiler and compilation flags defined. Normally they are defined as CXX and CFLAGS
i copied this makefile for my own testing project:
BUILD_DIR := /home/ubuntu/workspace/common/bin
vpath %.cpp /home/ubuntu/workspace/common/src
SRCS := basic_types.cpp
OBJS := ${SRCS:%.cpp=${BUILD_DIR}/%.o}
foo: ${OBJS}
#echo Linking $# using $?
#touch $#
${BUILD_DIR}/%.o: %.cpp # <-- I had thought there will be some more specific 'rules' here
#mkdir -p $(dir $#)
#echo Compiling $< ...
#touch $#
${SRCS}:
#echo Creating $#
#mkdir -p $(dir $#)
#touch $#
.PHONY: clean
it compiles well, but i still cannot find any where to specify the complier. Is Make intelligently select the compiler (g++) for me based on surffix?
could anyone take a look and enlight me a bit? thanks a lot!
the original post on makefile
Your question is a little unclear, since you've written a rule for object files that doesn't actually compile anything, but you say that "it compiles well".
There is an implicit rule that acts like this:
%.o: %.cpp
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $#
You can specify the compiler with a line like this:
CXX = g++
But g++ is already the default value of CXX.
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I have a recipe in my makefile that relies on several object files. I would like it to simply link the them, but they are always recompiling.
I've googled around and found information I did not know(marked with #) and changed it a bit, but the problem persisted.
I am led to believe make expects the name of the recipe be the name of the file, and I am failing to accomplish that. The problem is I do not what else to try and fix this. I would appreciate any help
CC = g++
#.PHONY: sfml-app
LIBS = -lsfml-graphics -lsfml-window -lsfml-system
APPLICATION = sfml-app
INCLUDE_DIR = -I include/
SOURCE_DIR = source
OUTPUT_DIR = bin
SOURCES = $(wildcard $(SOURCE_DIR)/*.cpp)
OBJECTS = $(notdir $(patsubst %.cpp, %.o, $(SOURCES)))
#$(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(APPLICATION): $(OBJECTS)
#bin/sfml-app: $(OBJECTS)
#sfml-app: $(OBJECTS)
#$(APPLICATION): $(OBJECTS)
$(CC) $(OUTPUT_DIR)/*.o $(LIBS) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(APPLICATION)
%.o: $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp
$(CC) -c $< $(INCLUDE_DIR) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$#
clean:
rm $(OUTPUT_DIR)/*
print-% : ; #echo $* = $($*)
This rule doesn't create the file it promises to:
%.o: $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp
$(CC) -c $< $(INCLUDE_DIR) -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$#
See that -o $(OUTPUT_DIR)/$#? That's instructing the compiler to create a file in $(OUTPUT_DIR) instead of in the working directory.
If you really want your object files to go in $(OUTPUT_DIR), you need to make sure that your rule indicates that:
$(OUTPUT_DIR)/%.o: $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp
$(CC) -c $< $(INCLUDE_DIR) -o $#
Or better, to act like the standard %.o: %.c rule (which will include CFLAGS etc):
$(OUTPUT_DIR)/%.o: $(SOURCE_DIR)/%.cpp
$(COMPILE.c) $(OUTPUT_OPTION) $<
I note your input files are named *.cpp - usually, that convention is for C++ files (i.e. to be compiled with $(COMPILE.cc), which will invoke $(CXX) rather than $(CC)). Check that you've not mixed up your C and C++ sources!
I have the following makefile snippet to compile my C++ project.
obj/%.o: src/%.cpp
$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $#
Now I want to link the .o files. But I want to be able to just call the rule name of the link, like make build/main, in order to compile AND link.
Neither this:
build/main: $(wildcard obj/*.o)
$(CXX) $^ -o $#
works, as it only links and does not compile, as I would expect by this answer;
nor this:
build/main: obj/%.o
$(CXX) $^ -o $#
with the error:
No rule to make target 'obj/%.o', needed by 'build/main'. Stop.
even though it is needed.
SOURCES := $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
OBJECTS := $(patsubst src/%.cpp, obj/%.o, $(SOURCES))
build/main: $(OBJECTS)
$(CXX) $^ -o $#
I've this folder structure
project
|_src
| |_test
| |_main.cpp
|_Makefile
This is my makefile (trying to adapt from this link):
CC = g++
RM = rm
WFLAGS = -c -Wall -W
LDFLAGS =
SRCTESTD = src/test
EXECUTABLE = test
OBJD = .obj
DEPD = .dep
SRCSTEST = $(SRCTESTD)/main.cpp
OBJECTSTEST = $(patsubst %.cpp, $(OBJD)/test/%.o, $(notdir $(SRCSTEST)))
DEPDSTEST = $(patsubst %.cpp, $(DEPD)/test/%.d, $(notdir $(SRCSTEST)))
all: $(SRCSTEST) $(EXECUTABLE)
$(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTSTEST)
$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTSTEST) -o $#
.cpp.o:
$(CC) $(WFLAGS) $< -o $#
It does not work, and I've this error
make: *** No rule to make target `.obj/test/main.o', needed by `test'. Stop.
What I'm doing wrong? Sorry for trivial question, but I'm a make newbie.
The link shows outdated methods, such as suffix rules. Making dependencies can also be done during compilation by gcc/g++.
As for the rest, here is it :
EXE := test
SRCDIR := src
OBJDIR := .obj
SRC := $(shell find $(SRCDIR) -name "*.cpp")
OBJ := $(SRC:$(SRCDIR)/%.cpp=$(OBJDIR)/%.o)
DEP := $(OBJ:.o=.d)
LDLIBS := # -l flags
LDFLAGS := # -L flags
CPPFLAGS := -MMD -MP # -I flags also
CXXFLAGS := -W -Wall # no -c flag here
.PHONY: all clean fclean re
all: $(EXE)
clean:
$(RM) -r $(OBJDIR)
fclean: clean
$(RM) $(EXE)
re: fclean all
-include $(DEP)
$(EXE): $(OBJ)
$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $#
$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp
#mkdir -p $(#D)
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $# -c $<
No redefinition of internally defined variables, no suffix rules, correct linking step and dependencies generation.
Update: To avoid calling mkdir for every source file, one should use order-only prerequisites and the special target .SECONDEXPANSION.
Change this block:
$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp
#mkdir -p $(#D)
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $# -c $<
To this:
.SECONDEXPANSION:
$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(SRCDIR)/%.cpp | $$(#D)/
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $# -c $<
%/:
mkdir $*
The error means make can't find a correct rule to build your object files. Your tree structure lacks some informations: only one file ? Where are the others ? Anyway, here are some hints:
In the last two lines, you are using an obsolete feature of make: suffix rules. I suggest you switch to a pattern rule, which is functionaly equivalent.
Say something like:
%.o: %.cpp
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $< -o $#
Another thing (that shouldn't be a problem here): you are using the variable CC which is internally defined as the default C compiler. It's okay because you redefine it, but as your sources seem to be C++ files, why not use the variable CXX, that is internally defined as the C++ compiler ?
Lastly, to make sure your set of files are correctly defined, you can print them with a dummy show target, see here.
show:
#echo "OBJECTSTEST=$(OBJECTSTEST)"
...
I've got a general-purpose makefile that I've successfully used for small (personal) projects before, as below:
#Makefile to compile a folder's contents into a program.
PROGNAME := MyProgram
LIBRARIES :=
CXX := g++ --std=c++11
INCLUDES := -Isrc -Ihdr
VPATH := src:hdr
CPP_FILES := $(wildcard src/*.cpp)
OBJ_FILES := $(patsubst src/%.cpp,obj/%.o,$(CPP_FILES))
$(PROGNAME): $(OBJ_FILES)
$(CXX) $(INCLUDES) $(LIBRARIES) $^ -o $# $(ROOTFLAGS)
#Automatically generate dependencies (-MM), change the target to be the
# object file (-MT) and output it to the dependency file (-MF).
%.d: src/%.cpp
$(CXX) $(INCLUDES) -MM -MT '$(patsubst src/%.cpp,obj/%.o,$<)' $< -MF $#
obj/%.o: src/%.cpp %.d hdr/%.h
echo $#
$(CXX) $(INCLUDES) -o $# -c $< $(ROOTFLAGS)
.PHONY: clean
clean:
rm obj/*.o $(PROGNAME)
This is designed for the following directory structure:
ParentFolder/
Makefile
hdr/
file1.h
...
src/
file1.cpp
...
obj/
I gave the makefile to a colleague and they found it didn't work - after some investigation, the cause of the problem seems to be that they had a source file called main.cpp in src/, which when running make would give the following error:
make: *** No rule to make target `obj/main.o', needed by `MyProgram'. Stop.
If I rename main.cpp to something else (e.g. test.cpp) then the makefile works as expected.
What is the cause of this behaviour? I've looked through the GNU Make Manual but did not find anything regarding special treatment of files called main.* (in fact, some of the examples use it).
While trying to fix the problem, I found that defining an explicit rule for main.o meant that it would be found - therefore, I presume it's an interaction with the main name and pattern-based rules, but I have not been able to find what that may be.
The trouble is that this rule:
obj/%.o: src/%.cpp %.d hdr/%.h
echo $#
$(CXX) $(INCLUDES) -o $# -c $< $(ROOTFLAGS)
requires a corresponding header file. I suspect that there is no hdr/main.h, and Make has no way to build one, so when it is searching for a way to build obj/main.o it considers this rule, rejects it, and finds no other.
I suggest you add another pattern rule (after this one) to handle source files without matching header files:
obj/%.o: src/%.cpp %.d
echo $#
$(CXX) $(INCLUDES) -o $# -c $< $(ROOTFLAGS)
(P.S. Your dependency handling is a little odd and appears to be vestigial -- you generate dependency files and never use them. We can help you with that, once you're building main.o correctly.)
I have a folder structure where all my source files are in ./src/, and all my object files are in ./obj/ (with the same internal directory structure, mirrored using path substitutions). I've created the following makefile:
$(EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS)
#echo Linking $(EXECUTABLE)...
$(CXX) $(LDLIBS) $(OBJECTS) -o $(EXECUTABLE)
%.o: $(subst o,cpp,$(subst obj/,src/,$#))
#echo Building $#...
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $(subst o,cpp,$(subst obj/,src/,$#)) -o $#
Which doesn't work! Make keeps claiming that the object files are up to date, even when the source file is actually older than the object file. On the other hand, if I do this:
obj/main.o: src/main.cpp
#echo Building $#...
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -c src/main.cpp -o $#
For every source file, it works perfectly. I checked, and the two subst give the same result (obj/main.o becomes src/main.cpp as expected). Yet Make doesn't accept the dependency for some reason.
This is giving me a lot of grief, can somebody explain where I am going wrong? I don't understand what is going on, I thought my substitution would work the same since it gives the same output. Am I not allowed to use subst, or $# in the dependencies or something?
You can't use $# in the prerequisites, only in the commands.
But you can do this:
$(OBJECTS): obj/%.o : src/%.cpp
#echo Building $# from $<...
$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) -c $< -o $#