Options for the "make" command

pixellany · 07-24-2006, 09:50 AM

I am probably missing something really obvious....

In the man page for "make", I cannot find any of the commonly seen options, eg:
make menuconfig
make clean
make install
make mrproper

I also did not see anything skimming some books.

Where is this kind of thing documented?

NSWKim · 07-24-2006, 10:28 AM

pixellany,

Make utilizes a config file called "Makefile" where the options you are referring to, exist (all, menuconfig, etc.). With that in mind you see that it's really up to the developer of the software you are trying to "Make" that provide those options. It's really always best to read the docs that is included with the software.

Checkout the linux doc project for more info on Make:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-B...g-HOWTO-3.html

kaz2100 · 07-24-2006, 10:34 AM

I am a kind of reluctant to post here to question by such a knowledgeable senior penguin.

All of them are documented in README file in kernel source tree.

make install and make clean are used also many other packages.

I very much think I am confused.

pixellany · 07-24-2006, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NSWKim

pixellany,

Make utilizes a config file called "Makefile" where the options you are referring to, exist (all, menuconfig, etc.). With that in mind you see that it's really up to the developer of the software you are trying to "Make" that provide those options. It's really always best to read the docs that is included with the software.

Checkout the linux doc project for more info on Make:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-B...g-HOWTO-3.html

I suspected that it was in the "makefile"....I guess that subtlety is that something like "clean" is not an arguement passed to make, but rather a directive to use an option in the makefile. Or am I picking fly specks out of pepper?

In any case, thanks for the help..

bigearsbilly · 07-25-2006, 04:19 AM

they are called targets, look in the makefile for them.
(Called Makefile or makefile)

it will look like:

Code:

clean: 
      rm blah

install:
      do this

it's how make works.
I think mrproper is deprecated in 2.6 kernel isn't it?