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From: daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Makefile Generator Wanted
Summary: mkmf, or maybe AT&T nmake...
Keywords: Automatic makefile Generation, Public Domain ?
Message-ID: <487@gonzo.UUCP>
Date: 17 Dec 88 17:04:41 GMT
References: <2269@mergvax>
Reply-To: daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower)
Organization: Gonzo Media Group
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In article <2269@mergvax> rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes:
>Does anyone know of any Public Domain makefile generator ? 
>
>My problem is that programmers(myself included) occasionally forget to
>add dependencies into their Makefiles.  I am looking for a tool that
>will somehow create/verify a Makefile so I can be confident that no
>dependencies have been forgotten.
>
>I would like information on non-public domain programs if anyone has
>it.

the "mkmf" package split out from "spms" on the 4.3 user contributed
software tape is a good start.  We used it for wuite a while before
moving to AT&T's "nmake" program available from the toolchest.

If you only need to add dependencies, rather than create the makefile
from scratch, the 4.3 "cc" command has a -M option that spits out
makefile dependiencies for the specified files to stdout.  (This is
actually a feature of /lib/cpp).

The GNU C preprocessor also has a -M flag.

Good luck,
-dB
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