# and then within the rule $(@F) gets back $(LOCAL)! Other rules will
# have to use some other mechanism (filter perhaps?) The reason such
# lengths are used is so that each directory can contain several 'instances'
-# of any given module
+# of any given module. I notice that the very latest gmake has the concept
+# of local variables for rules. It is possible this feature in conjunction
+# with the generated names will provide a very powerfull solution indeed!
# A build directory is used by default, all generated items get put into
# there. However unlike automake this is not done with a VPATH build
# but by explicly setting the BUILD variable. Make is invoked from
# within the source itself which is much more compatible with compilation
# environments.
+ifndef NOISY
.SILENT:
+endif
# Search for the build directory
ifdef BUILD
-BUILD_POSSIBLE = $(BUILD)
+BUILD_POSSIBLE := $(BUILD) $(BASE)/$(BUILD)
else
-BUILD_POSSIBLE = $(BASE) $(BASE)/build
+BUILD_POSSIBLE := $(BASE) $(BASE)/build
endif
-BUILD:= $(foreach i,$(BUILD_POSSIBLE),$(wildcard $(i)/environment.mak))
-BUILD:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(firstword $(dir $(BUILD))))
+BUILDX:= $(foreach i,$(BUILD_POSSIBLE),$(wildcard $(i)/environment.mak*))
+BUILDX:= $(patsubst %/,%,$(firstword $(dir $(BUILDX))))
-ifeq ($(words $(BUILD)),0)
+ifeq ($(words $(BUILDX)),0)
error-all:
echo Can't find the build directory in $(BUILD_POSSIBLE) -- use BUILD=
endif
+override BUILD := $(BUILDX)
+
# Base definitions
INCLUDE := $(BUILD)/include
BIN := $(BUILD)/bin
LIB := $(BIN)
OBJ := $(BUILD)/obj/$(SUBDIR)
DEP := $(OBJ)
-DOC := $(BUILD)/doc
+DOC := $(BUILD)/docs
# Module types
LIBRARY_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/library.mak
# Phony rules. Other things hook these by appending to the dependency
# list
.PHONY: headers library clean veryclean all binary program doc
+.PHONY: maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity
all: binary doc
binary: library program
-maintainer-clean dist-clean: veryclean
+maintainer-clean dist-clean distclean pristine sanity: veryclean
headers library clean veryclean program:
# Header file control. We want all published interface headers to go