MakeBS

MakeBS is a modular, flexible, general-purpose build system for UNIX development environments.

Usage

In order to build a project with MakeBS, the build system must reside in a subdirectory named makebs. The project's root directory should contain one or more wrapper makefiles, used as make's input when building, which include makebs/main.mk.

By default, MakeBS will attempt to build a project in the current directory, but it supports multiple binary trees. The BUILD_DIR macro informs MakeBS where it should attempt to build.

Project Directory Structure

• include: Header files
• makebs: Build system
• src: Source code

Targets

The following targets are supported by MakeBS:

• all: Builds a project
• install: Builds and installs a project
• clean: Deletes binary files
• distclean: Deletes generated files
• TAGS: Generates a tagsfile

Examples

The following examples show MakeBS in action.

Building a simple program

makefile

C_OBJ_FILES ::= foo.o bar.o
C_BIN_FILES ::= foobar

include makebs/main.mk

$(BIN_DIR)/$(C_BIN_FILES): $(C_OBJ_FILES:%=$(OBJ_DIR)/%)

Building a more complex program

makefile

FOO_DIR ::= foo
FOO_OBJ_FILES ::= $(FOO_DIR)/foo.o
FOO_BIN_FILE ::= $(FOO_DIR)/foo
foo_LINK ::= mylib1

C_OBJ_FILES ::= $(FOO_OBJ_FILES)
C_BIN_FILES ::= $(FOO_BIN_FILE)

BAR_DIR ::= bar
BAR_OBJ_FILES ::= $(BAR_DIR)/bar.o
BAR_BIN_FILE ::= $(BAR_DIR)/bar
bar_LINK ::= mylib2

C_OBJ_FILES += $(BAR_OBJ_FILES)
C_BIN_FILES += $(BAR_BIN_FILE)

include makebs/main.mk

$(BIN_DIR)/$(FOO_BIN_FILE): $(FOO_OBJ_FILES:%=$(OBJ_DIR)/%)
$(BIN_DIR)/$(BAR_BIN_FILE): $(BAR_OBJ_FILES:%=$(OBJ_DIR)/%)

Building a library

makefile

C_OBJ_FILES ::= foo.o
LIB_FILES ::= $(LIB_FILE)

include makebs/main.mk

$(LIB_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE): $(C_OBJ_FILES:%=$(OBJ_DIR)/%)