Bug 71675 - "No makefile in this directory" detection is too conservative.
Summary: "No makefile in this directory" detection is too conservative.
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: kdevelop
Classification: Applications
Component: Build tools: Automake (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdevelop-bugs-null
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: 135197 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2004-01-02 14:30 UTC by Kuba Ober
Modified: 2009-01-24 02:13 UTC (History)
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Description Kuba Ober 2004-01-02 14:30:06 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 3.2.2 
OS:          Linux

The "There's no makefile in this directory" popup invoked from Project/Build isn't too intelligent if the make command has the file argument set, say as in make -f Makefile.linux

The "missing makefile" detection should look for "-f" argument to make and either take the name of the file from make's command line as specified in the Project/Build dialog.

The check should either be removed, or fixed.

Workaround: touch Makefile in correct directory, but that's really a long shot :)
Comment 1 Kuba Ober 2004-01-02 14:31:31 UTC 
This bug is related to bug 71594 which is invalid per se as the arguments to the make command *can* be set.
Comment 2 Jon Smirl 2004-01-04 01:29:30 UTC 
It might be simpler to add a field to Project Options/Build Option/Make for the name of the makefile. Then the missing makefile logic could be left alone and just modified to use the name given in the dialog. This would avoid the need for parsing the command line.

The project I am working on uses 'make -f Makefile.linux' this makefile then uses a script to dynamically build 'Makefile'. The project is crossplatform so there are scripts for various platforms.
Comment 3 Jens Dagerbo 2007-01-05 18:52:24 UTC 
*** Bug 135197 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Andreas Pakulat 2008-07-05 20:58:48 UTC 
this is actually a wish not a bug.