Managing Projects with GNU Make The Power of GNU Make for Building Anything

Name: Managing Projects with GNU Make The Power of GNU Make for Building Anything
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ISBN: 9780596006105

ISBN-10: 0596006101

ISBN-13: 9780596006105

Edition: 3rd 2004

Authors: Robert Mecklenburg, Andy Oram, Steve Talbott

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The utility simply known as "make is one of the most enduring features of both Unix and other operating systems. First invented in the 1970s, "make still turns up to this day as the central engine in most programming projects; it even builds the Linux kernel. In the third edition of the classic "Managing Projects with GNU make, readers will learn why this utility continues to hold its top position in project build software, despite many younger competitors. The premise behind "make is simple: after you change source files and want to rebuild your program or other output files, "make checks timestamps to see what has changed and rebuilds just what you need, without wasting time rebuilding…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/29/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.97" wide x 9.13" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword


Preface



Basic Concepts



How to Write a Simple Makefile


Targets and Prerequisites


Dependency Checking


Minimizing Rebuilds


Invoking make


Basic Makefile Syntax



Rules


Explicit Rules


Variables


Finding Files with VPATH and vpath


Pattern Rules


The Implicit Rules Database


Special Targets


Automatic Dependency Generation


Managing Libraries



Variables and Macros


What Variables Are Used For


Variable Types


Macros


When Variables Are Expanded


Target- and Pattern-Specific Variables


Where Variables Come From


Conditional and include Processing


Standard make Variables



Functions


User-Defined Functions


Built-in Functions


Advanced User-Defined Functions



Commands


Parsing Commands


Which Shell to Use


Empty Commands


Command Environment


Evaluating Commands


Command-Line Limits



Advanced and Specialized Topics



Managing Large Projects


Recursive make


Nonrecursive make


Components of Large Systems


Filesystem Layout


Automating Builds and Testing



Portable Makefiles


Portability Issues


Cygwin


Managing Programs and Files


Working with Nonportable Tools


Automake



C and C++


Separating Source and Binary


Read-Only Source


Dependency Generation


Supporting Multiple Binary Trees


Partial Source Trees


Reference Builds, Libraries, and Installers



Java


Alternatives to make


A Generic Java Makefile


Compiling Java


Managing Jars


Reference Trees and Third-Party Jars


Enterprise JavaBeans



Improving the Performance of make


Benchmarking


Identifying and Handling Bottlenecks


Parallel make


Distributed make



Example Makefiles


The Book Makefile


The Linux Kernel Makefile



Debugging Makefiles


Debugging Features of make


Writing Code for Debugging


Common Error Messages



Appendixes



Running make



The Outer Limits



GNU Free Documentation License-GNU Project-Free Software Foundation (FSF)


Index