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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GNU `make`, modification times, leap seconds and NTP
GNU make relies on timestamps to see if a dependency was changed after some file was built. If you make a change during the leap second or an NTP adjustment, is it possible that make will believe the ...
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Getting these make command errors while compiling an android kernel
──(root㉿kali)-[~/Documents/kernel-source-alioth-stock]
└─# make -j2 CC=clang O=output/ $config
make[1]: Entering directory '/root/Documents/kernel-source-alioth-stock/output'
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HOSTLD scripts/...
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How to make all targets in the Makefile depend on a specific file?
Here in make I want to make all targets in the whole Makefile depend on a specific file. (That specific file is Makefile in fact, because that's where I have all my formulas. But that's beside the ...
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String replace in wildcard using find command
I want to exclude all C files that have a matching asm file. The assembly files all have _x86_64.S at the end. The C files have identical names, but with .c instead of _x86_64.S at the end. How would ...
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How to make MAKEFLAGS=--warn-undefined-variables apply to current Makefile?
Yes I read
Communicating Options to a Sub-'make'
but I want to set an option for this make, not a sub-make,
and set it within the Makefile, not via the command line.
$ cat Makefile
MAKEFLAGS = --warn-...
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How to build OpenSSL from source, without depending on /lib/libcrypto.so
After several sessions with intense Google searching and trying several angles with ChatGPT, I seem to be at a dead-end, my problem arises when I try to build OpenSSL from source, it seems that the ...
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How to setup dependencies in Makefile for C/C++ program?
I am writting a C program in Linux using GNU and Makefile.
Now I want to do something before building the codes in Makfile.
CSRCS += a.c
CSRCS += b.c
CSRCS += x.c
object=$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(CSRCS))
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How can I fix scripts in WSL2-Linux-Kernel:pahole-flags.sh not found and syntax error in mconf-cfg.sh
I'm trying to modify the kernel,but scripts that indeed exists were reported missing.I've checked the file permissions and library dependencies，but the error remains.
version:
my wsl:Ubuntu-24.04LTS ...
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What wildcards will work with Make's .INTERMEDIATE target?
Isn't there some wildcard I can use for Make's .INTERMEDIATE target?
$ cat Makefile
.INTERMEDIATE: *.csv %.csv #failed
.INTERMEDIATE: north.csv g.csv #worked
Or must I list each and every file each ...
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buildroot external.mk target with variable parameters not working
I would like to merge configuration from Makefile, for this I've updated external.mk and introduced this:
# Custom target to merge multiple defconfig files
.PHONY: merge
merge:
@if [ -z "$(...
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Building GCC 9.1.0 fails (make: *** [Makefile:1004: all] Error 2)
Coding newbie, I'm a researcher trying to get an air quality program to run. It requires GCC9.1.0, but during the make step I keep getting an error line:
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/(my name)/...
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Why touching just one source, make recompiles again the other untouched source file?
Just touching file mod1.c, make should just recompile that source file, produce its correspondent object file, mod1.o, and should not recompile mod2.c, because the object file mod2.o will be still ...
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Installing External Wifi Adapter on Fedora 40
i'm new here, I'm trying to install an external wifi adapter ( cause my laptop is old ( not that old but still ) and it can't detect 5G signals at all ), the steps given by manufacturer is quite ...
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Is it recommended to include the Makefile itself as a dependency in make recipes?
When developing Makefiles, I often need to run a 'clean' target when I edit the Makefile itself to ensure that the newest recipes are executed. It seems like there must be a way to include the ...
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cc1plus going almost idle after a while
Does not matter if i pass -j3 or -j2 to make command.
Sooner or later all the cc1plus processes go from around 100% CPU usage to almost none
What is that ?
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Get output of subproccess in Makefile using zsh [duplicate]
I would like to conditionally execute a Makefile target based on the current OS. I am running MacOS with zshell.
install:
@uname
@if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ]; then \
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Updating GRUB; ./configure doesn't make a makefile. Step 5 of INSTALL guide missing?
I am trying to update GRUB from 2.06 to 2.12, following the instructions in the INSTALL textfile included in the tarball (and at the bottom of the post). I am missing some dependencies, so I run:
sudo ...
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Specify compiled OpenSSL directory to wpa_supplicant
I am trying to compile wpa_supplicant, which requires OpenSSL, which I have compiled and installed to a custom directory, build such that the file ssl.h is in build/include/openssl/ssl.h
Now, when I ...
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Evaluate command inside comparison in makefile [duplicate]
I would like to check if Linux system is ubuntu inside Makefile. What I do is:
copy_files:
if [ "$(head -n 1 /etc/lsb-release | cut -d '=' -f2)" = "Ubuntu" ]; then \
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What does '\($*\)' mean in sed regular expression in a makefile?
I encounter the following sed command in make's manual.
sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g'
And it has the following effect (this is an example in the manual):
main.o : main.c defs.h
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How to install autoconf as alternative in the system?
I am using a fairly dated Ubuntu 18/RHEL6 system with old build tools, I'm trying to update it but don't want to crush the existing tools installation. I created the following script which installed ...
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Building GCC 12.2.0 from source for aarch64 target
I've been trying to cross compile the source code to build GCC 12.2.0 for my RaspberryPi 4 B running Ubuntu 22.04. SO far I've tried doing this while configuring the project:
../gcc-12.2.0/configure --...
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How to join strings without implicit space?
I'm trying to organize a Makefile with complex commands into something more readable.
I'm trying to break down a long list of parameters, but even single parameters are too bad, hence I wanted to ...
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Install TP-Link Archer T2U V3 driver in Linux without Internet
I'm using an Archer T2U v3 on my Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 system and on a Linux Mint system based on these Ubuntu versions. It works flawlessly with the driver directly provided by TP-Link from their ...
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Quering the instalation prefix of a c library with pkg-config
I am writing Makefile that installs a c shared library to the system, including the .pc file for pkg-config. I would like to add an uninstall target, but the location of it will depend on the PREFIX ...
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fatal error: bsd/string.h: No such file or directory
According to the answer I need to include -lbsd to the gcc command. But I have no idea where I am supposed to insert it here.
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04, Linux vivobook16-m1605xa-mb089 6.8.0-31-generic #...
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Specifying a toplevel installation directory
I am building the lean prover system
git clone https://github.com/leanprover/lean4 --recurse-submodules
cd lean4
mkdir -p build/release
cd build/release
cmake ../..
make
But rather than using a ...
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How to correct this script to detect OS type? [duplicate]
I'm trying to modify a Makefile so I can easily run my app by make run
run:
OUTPUT=${uname -a | awk '{ print tolower($1)}'}
bin/${OUTPUT}_${ARCH}/${APP_NAME}
Running uname -a | awk '{ print ...
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How can I use $0 in Makefile?
I would like to include the following command (taken from here) in a Makefile. A simple version of my Makefile script containing the command is:
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sed 's/^/\./' ./input_file | \
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How to replace installed openssl and use my own openssl to build `make` script
I'm really new in Linuxverse, so please understand if I'm asking standard (or may a dumb) question.
I've seen so many post about how to remove openssl, but mostly they told to not remove it because it'...
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Why does the Makefile rule still execute when prerequisites do not exist in the current directory?
I have a Makefile that says:
aaa:bbb
echo 456
bbb:
echo 123
When there is no bbb file in the directory, these two rules will execute regardless of whether there is an aaa file or not.
But why?...
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what is the meaning when a makefile rule has prerequisites but without the recipe?
INSTALL = /usr/local/bin/install -c
INSTALLDATA = /usr/local/bin/install -c -m 644
# The directory to install tar in.
bindir = $(prefix)/bin
# The directory to install the info files in.
infodir = $(...
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make: *** No targets. Stop
why when the make command in the code code throws an error make: *** No targets. Stop.
Code:
NAME := program
FLAG := -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wpedantic
all: $(NAME)
$(NAME): *.c
clang $...
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Building httpd can't find Openssl
I am attempting to rebuild apache from source and am encountering an issue I have not previously had.
I have built apache version 2.4.57 from source many times in the past and have had no issue during ...
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How to compile this SDL2 sample program?
I tried to build this SDL2 sample program, but failed.
I made it with Makefile:
CFLAGS = -I/usr/include
CC = arm-linux-g++
sdltest: sdl2-test.cpp
$(CC) sdl2-test.cpp -L/usr/lib/x86_64-...
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Failed to build newlib4.4 for ARM in WSL2 Linux x86_64
I am working on an embedded RTOS system for ARM platform, it is using newlib-3.1.
Now I am trying to support newlib-4.4 for the system in WSL2 (Ubuntu-20.04.6 for X86_64).
The cross-compiler for ARM ...
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Why Package libnetfilter_queue was not found in the pkg-config search path?
I tried
make all
go build -o bettercap .
go build github.com/chifflier/nfqueue-go/nfqueue:
# pkg-config --cflags -- libnetfilter_queue
Package libnetfilter_queue was not found in the pkg-config ...
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Why is the configuration file in the parameter list of make command?
Here is the command line I got from a chip maker:
make sunxi_defconfig ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-
It surely failed with message of
*** Error during writing of the configuration.
make[1]: *** [...
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log output (stdout) from within make file
How do I send the output (stdout) to a log file from WITHIN the make file?
I am NOT interested in a command line solution such as "make > build.log".
Listed below is my generic make file.
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Makefile:12: *** missing separator. Stop [duplicate]
In trying to compile my makefile, I keep getting the same error message repeatedly:
Makefile:12: *** missing separator. Stop
I've removed the tabs, removed the spaces, deleted the makefile entirely ...
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ADCIRC - Cannot find -lhdf5_fortran: No such file or directory
Trying to compile ADCIRC, a Fortran program with NetCDF support, and I hit the following error.
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lhdf5_fortran: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit ...
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Help with Makefile for C program
I'm trying to generate a new library that includes another one I have created previously.
In my current folder I have my source files inside a src folder and my headers inside an include folder.
This ...
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Makefile and pid files
I have some convenience rules in a Makefile that depends on pid files, but sometimes the pid files are there when the processes aren't. What's a good pattern to work around this in make?
For example, ...
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Make does not rebuild transitive dependencies of pattern rules on change, why?
I have a Makefile, roughly so:
.PRECIOUS: %.a %.b %.c
%.a:
touch $@
%.b: %.a
touch $@
%.c: %.b
touch $@
If I create "test.c" with a make test.c, all the 3 files (...
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make: *** No rule to make target 'mykernel.bin'. Stop
I'm worrking on an OS but I'm getting this error with my makefile.win. Looks like the linker.ld output file doesn't match the naming convention of the file i'm making (mykernel.bin). Not sure if that'...
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Issue with make and sudo make in Linux kernel module compilation
I am currently working on a simple Linux kernel module and have encountered an issue related to running make and sudo make commands. Here's the content of my Makefile:
obj-m := main.o
all:
make -...
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How to compile every c file separately and then link all objects with a makefile?
I am working with microchip microcontrollers for a quite a while, and I fully dislike very much Netbeans. So since Mplab migrated to Netbeans I am trying to do all the work by my own, and here is the ...
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using mingw on Linux Mint
I need to build Windows binaries from a conventional source tarball. I recall that I used to do this in a RedHat environment using specialised configure and make scripts from mingw packages. But I'm ...
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make command doesn't produce any executable
My Makefile contains the following:
CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-Wall
main: hello.o hello_fn.o
clean:
rm -f main hello.o hello_fn.o
It should have produced an executable file main (I've read that in ...
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How to ask make to not always re-create files depending on .PHONY targets?
I have this:
.PHONY: check
check:
script-returning-nearly-always-zero
obj2.img: obj1.img check
make-obj2-from-obj1
So, logic is that I want to re-generate obj2.img, if it is older as obj1 (...
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