Re: [Axiom-developer] Compiling

[David MENTRE]

root <address@hidden> writes:

> The reason the Makefiles are so verbose is that Make is unable to to
> automatically handle dependencies if the files are not in the same
> directory. The underlying assumption of make is that you build your
> code in the directory containing the source code.

I think this is plain wrong. :)

*Multiple* Makefiles are unable to handle multiple directories, but a
*unique* Makefile handles multiple directories quite well.

You just need to prefix your targets and sources with the correct
relative path.


For example:

dir1/target1: dir1/src1.lsp dir1/src2.c dir2/src3.lsp

dir2/src3.lsp: dir2/src3.pamphlet


The only issue with this approach is the relative verbosity of the
resulting Makefile. But using some makefile variables should help.


On that subject, you should consider to have a look at:
"Recursive Make Considered Harmful "
http://www.tip.net.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html


Best regards,
d.
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