Thread: short makefile problem

Been a while since I programmed last and had to make a makefile from scratch, this is not for a game but I didn't see any other boards here that would take this question without issue.
This is my makefile as it stands:

Code:

TOP?=
SYS:=$(if ${.ProgramFiles},posix,win32)
CWD:=$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)
ECHO=$1: $($1)

PAW_INC_DIR:=$(TOP)/include
PAW_SRC_DIR:=$(TOP)/src

PAW_SRC:=$(SYS)/paw.c
PAW_INC:=$(SYS)/paw.h
PAW_MAK:=$(PAW_INC: %.h=%.h.mak) $(PAW_SRC: %.c=%.c.mak)

VPATHS:=$(PAW_SRC_DIR);$(PAW_INC_DIR)

include $(PAW_MAK)

all: shared
    @echo $(call ECHO,CWD)

shared: $(SYS)/shared.c $(SYS)/paw.c
    @echo PAW_BUILD_SHARED

test: shared
    @echo PAW_BUILD_TEST

%.c.mak: %.c
    @echo -D DEF_DEP $< $$

%.c.o: %.c
    @echo $< $$
#@echo gcc -std=c99 $< -o $$

%.cpp.mak: %.cpp
    @echo -D DEF_DEP $< $$

%.cpp.o: %.cpp
    @echo $< $$
#@echo gcc $< -o $$

My problem is the

Code:

include $(PAW_MAK)

part is resulting in errors, my console output looks like this:

Code:

NPP_EXEC: "Run Make"
NPP_SAVEALL
make -f "X:\GitHub\paw\src\makefile.mak"
Process started >>>
X:\GitHub\paw\src\makefile.mak:15: win32/paw.c: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target 'win32/paw.c'.  Stop.
<<< Process finished. (Exit code 2)
================ READY ================

This is despite the file actually existing, I expected errors in finding win32/paw.c.mak & win32.h.mak since those don't exist yet but the source files being reported wrong leads me to believe I did something wrong with VPATHS, any help is appreciated here.

Resolved the problem, turned out I hadn't noticed that Notepad++ wasn't passing on the current directory properly, after that I started getting proper response from make . Made some changes to my makefile also but still not reaching the compiling object stage, if someone could help me identify the issue I'd be most grateful, in meantime I will check the $(if ...) spec along with environment variable spec.

Code:

NPP_EXEC: "Run Make"
NPP_SAVEALL
CD: X:\GitHub\paw\src
Current directory: X:\GitHub\paw\src
make -f "X:\GitHub\paw\src\makefile.mak" -D CURRENT_DIRECTORY="X:\GitHub\paw\src"
Process started >>>
make: Nothing to be done for 'paw.h'.
make (pid = 3700)
make is suspending for 30 seconds...done sleep(30). Continuing.
<<< Process finished. (Exit code 0)
================ READY ================

Code:

TOP?=../
SYS:=$(if ${.ProgramFiles},posix,win32)
SYS32?=$(if ${.ProgramFiles},,$(if {.ProgramFiles_x86},64,32))
LIB_PFX:=$(if ${.ProgramFiles},lib,)
LIB_SFX:=$(SYS32)$(if ${.ProgramFiles},.so,.dll)
EXE_SFX:=$(SYS32)$(if ${.ProgramFiles},,.exe)
APP_SFX:=$(SYS32)$(EXE_SFX)

PAW_INC_DIR:=$(TOP)include
PAW_SRC_DIR:=$(TOP)src

PAW_SRC:=$(SYS)/paw.c
PAW_CPP:=
PAW_INC:=$(SYS)/paw.h
PAW_OBJ:=$(PAW_SRC:%.c=%.c.o) $(PAW_CPP:%.cpp=%.cpp.o)
PAW_MAK:=$(PAW_INC:%.h=%.h.mak) $(PAW_SRC:%.c=%.c.mak)

VPATHS:="$(PAW_SRC_DIR)";"$(PAW_INC_DIR)"

CC:=gcc
IFLAGS:=-I"$(PAW_INC_DIR)" -I"$(PAW_SRC_DIR)"
CFLAGS:=$(IFLAGS)
MFLAGS:=$(IFLAGS) -E -DDEF_DEP

include $(PAW_MAK)

# Compile everything

all: test
	@echo all

# Compile paw into a library file

shared: $(PAW_SRC) $(PAW_OBJ)
	@echo shared
	$(CC) $(IFLAGS) -shared $(PAW_OBJ) -o $(LIB_PFX)paw$(LIB_SFX)

# Compile a test app

test: shared $(SYS)/test.c
	@echo test
	$(CC) $(IFLAGS) -text$(APP_SFX)

# Compile *.mak options

%.mak:
	@echo %%.mak
	$(CC) "$(patsubst %.mak,%,$@)" -o "$@" $(MFLAGS)

# Compile *.o options

%.c.o: %.c
	@echo %%.c
	$(CC) -c "$^" -o "$@" $(CFLAGS)

%.cpp.o: %.cpp
	@echo %%.cpp
	$(CC) -c "$^" -o "$@" $(CFLAGS)

Originally Posted by john.c

Doesn't this conditional function have it's then and else parts the wrong way round?

Code:

SYS:=$(if ${.ProgramFiles},posix,win32)

Well you were right I was using it incorrectly and have now rectified that, still doesn't resolve my problem of no objects being compiled though

Yep, the changes have been uploaded to the github project I mentioned earlier. ProgramFiles is an environment variable, just using it for the case that no target system is defined when make is executed, gonna use a separate variable for target system later but for now the host system is sufficient since I'm still deciding the API I'm gonna use as a wrapper.

Just realised I wasn't compiling the paw.h.mak because I didn't add it to PAW_INC, rectified that but now need a way to stop make from being suspended for 30s, dunno if it is from Notepad++ end or from make itself, anyone familiar with that sort of problem?

Originally Posted by john.c

Are you certain that the environment variables are set up properly? And exported? And it is apparently .ProgramFiles, not ProgramFiles. (And .ProgramFiles_x86) Do the environment variables really have a period in front of the names?

The period was a mistake, as I said before it had been a while since I last programmed and had written the makefile from scratch and since I don't usually touch the makefile after I got it doing what I want it to do I forgot whether it was needed for environment variables

Now I'm just stuck at compiling the dll, I doubt you need the full makefile now so I'll just provide the line executed when attempting the dll:

Code:

$(CC) $(LFLAGS) $(patsubst %,"%",$(PAW_OBJ)) -o $(LIB_PFX)paw$(LIB_SFX)

And the console log:

Code:

NPP_EXEC: "Run Make"
NPP_SAVEALL
CD: X:\GitHub\paw\src
Current directory: X:\GitHub\paw\src
make -D CURRENT_DIRECTORY="X:\GitHub\paw\src" -D MINGW="X:\GitHub\paw\src/../mingw"
Process started >>>
make (pid = 2928)
make is suspending for 30 seconds...done sleep(30). Continuing.
shared
gcc -shared -L"../include" -L"../src" -l "../src/win32/paw.c.o" "../src/win32/shared.c.o" -o paw64.dll
x:/portableapps/pocketcpp_x64/mingw/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-w64-mingw32/6.1.0/../../../../x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -l../src/win32/paw.c.o
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [makefile:41: shared] Error 1
<<< Process finished. (Exit code 2)
================ READY ================

If you really need more of the makefile details the current state has already been uploaded to: GitHub - awsdert/paw: Process API Wrapper

Okay managed to fix that with an additional -L and tacking on -mwindows, now I need to figure out how to get my test executable compiled (cannot find an object that I can see in explorer just fine). At this point I'd say it's safe to close this thread now so I will attempt to close it myself but admin are free to do it if I can't (I'll try straight after posting this post)

Nope I can find no such option, I'll leave it to the admin