Re: Crazy Makefile

[Sébastien Pierre]

Le 22 févr. 05, à 09:27, Richard Frith-Macdonald a écrit :

> I don't think 'crazy' is a term calculated to get you a lot of help 
> ... as
> most people view the makefile system as a major asset of GNUstep
> (to the point where some use it on MacOS-X to build Cocoa projects)

I confirm that. The GNUstep makefile appeared to me as one of the most 
powerful and straightforward to use. I actually switched from XCode to 
GNUstep-make because of the added flexibility.

Maybe you should look at Nicola's tutorials, which are rather clear and 
will help you get in touch with this "insanely" simple makefile system 
:

- http://www.gnustep.it/nicola/Tutorials/WritingMakefiles/index.html
- http://www.gnustep.it/nicola/Tutorials/MoreOnMakefiles/index.html

Also, you can have a look into the System/Library/Makefiles directory 
to find what variables can be set and used.
Eventually, if you run into problems, typing "make messages=yes" allows 
you to have a verbose compilation, which display the commands used in 
the build process. It's very helpful !

Cheers,

 -- Sébastien

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