patsubst on makefile

Question

I have to create different *.o files from a same set of *.c using various CFLAGS. I wanted to use patsubst to generate different *.o files from same *.c. I am doing somethin

Answer 1

Use patsubst to make lists of the objects that you want to build, and then use separate rules for each type of build.

Something like this:

SRC_FILES = source1.c source2.c 

OBJ_FILES_O0 = $(patsubst %.c,%_O0.o,$(SRC_FILES)) 
OBJ_FILES_O2 = $(patsubst %.c,%_O2.o,$(SRC_FILES))

CFLAGS_O0 := -O0 
CFLAGS_O2 := -O2

all: $(OBJ_FILES_O0) $(OBJ_FILES_O2)

$(OBJ_FILES_O0): %_O0.o: %.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS_O0) -c $< -o $@

$(OBJ_FILES_O2): %_O2.o: %.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS_O2) -c $< -o $@

Answer 2

You can also use wild cards to specify all files in the directory.

eg:

#Generic Makefile.

CC := g++

LD := g++

CFLAGS := -c

LDFLAGS := -L<path to lib> -l<libname> \

           -L<path to lib> -l>libname> \
            ......................

ifeq (${TARGETARCH}, debug)

  CFLAGS += -g -O0

elif 

  CFLAGS += -O4 -DNDEBUG

SRCFILES := $(wildcard *.cpp)

OBJFILES := $(patsubst %.cpp, %.o, ${SRCFILES})


all: main

main: ${OBJFILES}

  @echo "[Linking]"$@

  ${LD} ${LDFLAGS} ${OBJFILES}

%.o: %.cpp

  @echo "[Compiling]"$@

  ${CC} ${CFLAGS} $^ -o $@