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Top Forums Programming Passing arguments to customized makefile Post 302891591 by JohnGraham on Thursday 6th of March 2014 03:07:38 PM
Old 03-06-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by yifangt
It seems quite common to see makefile accept some argument as

Code:
make --prefix=/path/to/where/install --k=some_value --phrase=hi

You're thinking of configure scripts - they take a --prefix argument, makefiles don't.

Quote:
Originally Posted by yifangt
The advantage for this format is the order of the argument will not matter, and the -- format can provide some clues on the parameters to be passed.
Order of arguments with "make val=arg" doesn't matter either, and I don't know what you mean by the format providing clues on the parameters to be passed - give the variables in your makefile sensible names, and they'll make sense.

Also, this helps distinguish between arguments to your makefile (look like val=arg) and arguments to the make program itself (look like --val=arg), so it's clearer where it's being used. Also, they can be set from the environment variable - i.e. if a user knows they always want PHRASE to be "hi", they can just do:

Code:
export PHRASE=hi

and they'll not have to pass it to your makefile.

Bottom line: This is how you pass arguments to makefiles. You cannot do it --this-way.
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NAME

       Mojolicious::Command::generate::makefile - Makefile generator command

SYNOPSIS

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	 my $makefile = Mojolicious::Command::generate::makefile->new;
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DESCRIPTION

       Mojolicious::Command::generate::makefile generates "Makefile.PL" files for applications.

ATTRIBUTES

       Mojolicious::Command::generate::makefile inherits all attributes from Mojo::Command and implements the following new ones.

   "description"
	 my $description = $makefile->description;
	 $makefile	 = $makefile->description('Foo!');

       Short description of this command, used for the command list.

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       Run this command.

SEE ALSO

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