User:Cronolio/build/make
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make is a GNUs build tool which controlling the generation of end-user files from source files. The generation controlled via Makefiles. Below gentoo related information.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for sys-devel/make Standard tool to compile source trees
guile
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Add support for the guile Scheme interpreter |
nls
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Add Native Language Support (using gettextGNU locale utilities) |
static
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!!do not set this during bootstrap!! Causes binaries to be statically linked instead of dynamically |
verify-sig
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Verify upstream signatures on distfiles |
Emerge
root #emerge --ask sys-devel/makeUsage
CODE
make [options] [target] ...
Check man make or make --help for options.
CODE Possible solution to show all targets
make -qp | awk -F':' '/^[a-zA-Z0-9][^$#\/\t=]*:([^=]|$)/ {split($1,A,/ /);for(i in A)print A[i]}' | sort -uEnvironment variables
Variables can come into make process environment from user/shell environment. make on the start checks an environment and transform each one variable to a make variable.
emake
To invoke make in ebuild portage uses emake. It take what written after emake command as an argument and also add additional variables. First variable is MAKEOPTS. Allows for user to pass make options, mostly used for setting number of jobs via make.conf file. Second variable is EXTRA_EMAKE. Used for overriding all make options; for debugging.