commit d4d48ac62b14c717cd8a23ce44c3095ef206c34d parent 3282ac5f16903e87f24baddd4cd82578fbe678c7 Author: lostd <lostd@2f30.org> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 23:24:26 +0100 Notes on legacy make implementations Diffstat:
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diff --git a/guides/make.md b/guides/make.md @@ -139,6 +139,22 @@ variable. We get: rm -f bin1 bin2 +#### Notes on various make implementations + +Some `make` implementations such as the IRIX one do not use the LDLIBS +variable in their default inference rules. We could do something like: + + LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) + +The problem with this is that the libraries will possibly appear before +the object files when linking and this may be a problem for some +compilers. The better solution is to rewrite the inference rules in a way +that includes LDLIBS at the end. For example: + + .c: + $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $< $(LDLIBS) + + #### More reading on portability * [OpenBSD make(1)](