makers

A (mostly) POSIX-compatible make implemented in Rust. Not explicitly aiming for full support for every GNU make feature, but adding whichever features are strictly necessary to be compatible with existing GNUish makefiles.

conformance

• internationalization (LANG/LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE/LC_MESSAGES) not implemented
• XSI conformance (SCCS integration) not implemented
• signal handling not implemented
• library handling not implemented
• some POSIX-specified features are pending (search TODO for a list)
• builtin macro MAKE is defined as makers
• specifying the .POSIX special target doesn't opt out of extensions (but you can install with --no-default-features to get only POSIX behavior)

status

i haven't written unit tests for most of makers, but there are integration tests that try to build various make-based projects with makers.

specific projects tested:

• tcl
• uutils coreutils

list of features that are needed for version 1.0:

• tested with CPython
• tested with Linux
• unit tests for most of the things
• no TODOs left

changelog

v0.4.0 - 2021-04-03

• fix newline handling so escaped newlines & conditional lines work the way they're supposed to
• implement GNU-style %-matching inference rules
• dependencies of .PHONY special target are now always assumed out-of-date until rebuilt, regardless of filesystem status
• give user-defined inference rules priority over built-in ones

v0.3.0 - 2021-04-03

• allow installing with --no-default-features for pure-POSIX compatibility
• implement GNU-style functions if, origin, shell (doesn't set .SHELLSTATUS), eval
• implement GNU-style define blocks
• improve error reporting

v0.2.0 - 2021-04-01

• partially implement GNU-style conditionals (only parentheses around arguments are supported)
• implement some GNU-style functions: filter, filter-out, sort, notdir, basename, addprefix, wildcard, foreach, call
• improve error reporting for parse errors

v0.1.0 - 2021-03-25

• initial release

contributors

• zseri (code)
• @Lucretiel (code)
• you, if you'd like! email melody@boringcactus.com if you've got something (not just code!) to contribute

license

Released under the Indie Code Catalog Standard Deal, version 3.0.0 or later.

Commercial licenses are available for purchase through Indie Code Catalog.

minuteæ

Canonically pronounced /ˈmeɪ.kɹɪz/ (as though saying "make risotto" but giving up halfway through).