Dear all,

I am confused about two makefiles.
I think I write them same way.
But one of them,a header file (export.h) needs to be set a target, then works.
So strange.

Another question is in the second makefile,
I have a static library libUtility.a,
If I add it to:
test: test.o libMEBESStream.so libMEBESDecoder.so libUtility.a
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_PATH) -o $@ $^

It'll appears no rule of target libUtility.a.
If I remove this static library,
the test program is still work the functions in this static library.
I just include his header (Utility.h), then OK.
Why? Don't I link it?

I don't know the second makefile is right or not.
Their relations are:
libMEBESStream.so needs libUtility.a.
libMEBESDecoder.so nees libUtility.a and libMEBESStream.so.
test nees libUtility.a,libMEBESStream.so,and libMEBESDecoder.so.
Are my rules right?

Thanks for your answer.



first:
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SHELL = /bin/sh
CXX = g++
INCLUDE_PATH = -I. -I../include
LIBRARY_PATH = -L.
COMMON_HEADER = export.h
CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -O3 -Wno-deprecated
PLATFORM = xnix

test: test.o libCheckFileFormat.so
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_PATH) -lCheckFileFormat \
-o $@ $^

test.o: test.cpp CheckFileFormat.h
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -c -o $@ $<

libCheckFileFormat.so: CheckFileFormat.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $<

CheckFileFormat.o: CheckFileFormat.cpp CheckFileFormat.h \
$(COMMON_HEADER)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -c -o $@ $<

#####################################
export.h:; ### <--- I need to set it,then works
#####################################
clean:
rm -rf *.o
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

second
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SHELL = /bin/sh
CXX = g++
INCLUDE_PATH = -I. -I../include -I../Utility
LIBRARY_PATH = -L. -L../Utility
SHARED_LIBRARY = libMEBESStream.so libMEBESDecoder.so
STATIC_LIBRARY = libUtility.a
COMMOM_HEADER = MainConst.h export.h trace.h patternFactory.h Utility.h MEBESConst.h
CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -O3 -Wno-deprecated
PLATFORM = xnix

test: test.o libMEBESStream.so libMEBESDecoder.so
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LIBRARY_PATH) -o $@ $^

test.o: test.cpp $(COMMON_HEADER)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -c -o $@ $<

libMEBESDecoder.so: MEBESDecoder.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $^

MEBESDecoder.o:MEBESDecoder.cppBESDecoder.h \
MEBESStream.h$(COMMON_HEADER)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -c -o $@ $<

libMEBESStream.so: MEBESStream.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $<

MEBESStream.o: MEBESStream.cpp MEBESStream.h $(COMMON_HEADER)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INCLUDE_PATH) -c -o $@ $<

clean:
rm -rf *.o
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Regards,
chuanyung.

no you just need to make shure you have a target pointed to the main directory that holds all your headers if its not in your lo.so.conf file. if the headers are in the same directory dont worry about it.

hmm...........
Most of these headers are in some directory,said include.
In my first makefile, if I don't give the target "export.h",
make can't run it.

But in my second makefile, I don't need to set the targets,
such as export.h,MainConst.h,trace.h,....
Isn't it so strange?