Autodepend

1. Introduction
2. Features
3. How to Build
4. How to Use
5. Tested on
6. Download
7. CVS Repository
8. Forums

Introduction

AutoDepend is a enhanced GNUmake that keeps track of all file access during a build process and then generates gnu-make dependancies sub-makefiles.
A file audit can be perform to avoid classic modification date check problems

Look at the SourceForge autodepend project page

Features

• Make dependency file
• generate a audit code for all used files
  supported audit methods are
  • CVS : CVS version
  • RCS : RCS version
  • MD5 : MD5 code
  • TSP : Time Stamp
  • CC : Clearcase version ;-)
• cause a rebuild if audit code doesn't match
• multi-target synchronization using +
  target1 + target2: prereq1 ...
• $(TARGETS) keep track of all targets in order to make a easy clean rule

Limits

• autodepend try to link its own share library to child programs using LD_PRELOAD. So you need to run only ELF binaries
• Some binaries don't load the LD_PRELOAD like the Solaris cc. You need to use gcc !

How to Build

1. configure --enable-autodepend
2. make && make install

How to Use

1. In the Makefile add rule .AUTODEPEND to enable dependency generation and include dependancy files
2. .AUTODEPEND
   -include .autodeps/*.P
   
3. add rule .AUDIT to enable audit rules
   .AUDIT:
   
4. Optionally, set the audit method list. The list is ordered. If an audit code can't be generated (ex:file not under CVS) the next audit method is tried.
   (of course MD5 and TSP are always avalaible.)
   AUDIT_METHOD=CVS:TSP
   

Tested on

• SUN4SOL2 : Solaris  2.7
• LINUX : Mandrake 6.0, Rehat 9.0, Fedora3
  

Download

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CVS Repository

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Anonymous CVS Access

This project's SourceForge CVS repository can be checked out through anonymous (pserver) CVS with the following instruction set. The module you wish to check out must be specified as the modulename. When prompted for a password for anonymous, simply press the Enter key.

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.pvmgmake.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/autodepend login

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.autodepend.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/autodepend co make_autodep

Updates from within the module's directory do not need the -d parameter.

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