28 The Makefile builds the hello executable if any one of main.cpp, hello.cpp, factorial.cpp changed. The smallest possible Makefile to achieve that specification could have been: hello: …

Feb 2, 2011 · For variable assignment in Make, I see := and = operator. What's the difference between them?

Dec 19, 2023 · KDIR ?= $(shell uname -r) What is the meaning of ?=? I have understood the difference between :=, += and = from another thread available in Stack Overflow, but unable ...

Lazy Set VARIABLE = value Normal setting of a variable, but any other variables mentioned with the value field are recursively expanded with their value at the point at which the variable is …

Dec 23, 2016 · A makefile is processed sequentially, line by line. Variable assignments are "internalized", and include statements cause the contents of other files to be inserted literally …

May 26, 2013 · The -f flag in make is defined as follows, make -f makefile Specifies a different makefile. The argument makefile is a pathname of a description file, which is also referred to …

Feb 23, 2014 · I am seeing a makefile and it has the symbols $@ and $< in it. I have never seen them, and Google does not show any results about them. Do you know what these commands …

Mar 28, 2010 · Makefile.am is a programmer-defined file and is used by automake to generate the Makefile.in file (the .am stands for a uto m ake). The configure script typically seen in source …

Feb 4, 2014 · A makefile is a recipe for the make utility how to create some file (called a target) from some other files (called dependencies) using a set of commands run by the shell.

Dec 22, 2011 · What does the following do in a Makefile? rule: $(deps) @: I can't seem to find this in the make manual.