Using make for cross platform compilation

Question

I am currently developing a C project under Linux and Win32. The \'deliverable\' is a shared library, and all the development is done under Linux with the GNU tool chain. I am u

Answer 1

Use a single make file and put the platform-specifics in conditionals, eg

ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
    DLLEXT := .dll
else
    DLLEXT := .so
endif

DLL := libfoo$(DLLEXT)

lib : $(DLL)