How to port a GNU C++ Makefile to Windows

[jerryleo]

Hi,

There is aMakefile works fineunder fedora core 3 with gcc 3.4. Ineed to port it to WindowswithIntel C++ compiler for Windows.ButI know little about Makefile and have no idea how to do it. I googled it hard, but find little information about it.

Could anyone give me some instruction how to do it?

Thanks a lot!

Jerry

[cpp]#************Makefile for libsnd3.a*************





CC = gcc


CPP = g++





LOADLIBES =-lm 


INCLUDES = -I.


CFLAGS  = -Wall -O3 


CPPFLAGS  = $(CFLAGS)





PROGRAM =   


LIBSND = libsnd3.a


SNDLIBS = ptu.o pwv_data.o tm_data.o wind.o timesub.o sonde_data.o





all: $(PROGRAM) $(LIBSND)





$(LIBSND): $(SNDLIBS)


	ar r $@ $?








ptu.o: ptu.h


pwv_data.o: pwv_data.h


sonde.o: sonde.h


sonde_data.o: sonde_data.h


tm_data.o: tm_data.h


wind.o: wind.h


timesub.o: timesub.h





#sonde.h: sonde_data.h pwv_data.h tm_data.h


sonde_data.h: ptu.h wind.h timesub.h








clean:


	rm -f *.o


	rm -f $(LIBSND)


	rm -f *.stackdump





bak:


	rm -f *.bak





distclean: clean


	rm -f $(PROGRAM)


	rm -f *.exe


	rm -f *~

















.c.o:


	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $<





.cc.o:


	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS)  $(INCLUDES) -c $< [/cpp]

[cpp][/cpp]

[cpp][/cpp]

[cpp][/cpp]

[cpp][/cpp]

[cpp]
#*************Makefile for EXE program****************





SNDLIBDIR = ./lib





LIBSND = libsnd3.a








CC=gcc


CPP=g++





LIBS = $(LIBSND)


LOADLIBES =  -L$(SNDLIBDIR) -lm  -lsnd3


INCLUDES = -I$(SNDLIBDIR) -I.





CFLAGS = -Wall -O3 -g


CPPFLAGS = $(CFLAGS)





PROGRAM = snd_wyoming  snd_vaisala_aed snd_vaisala_mw31








all: $(LIBS) $(PROGRAM) 








$(LIBSND):


	(cd $(SNDLIBDIR); make)





snd_wyoming: snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_wyoming.o 


	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_wyoming.o $(LOADLIBES) 


	


snd_vaisala_aed: snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_vaisala_aed.o 


	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_vaisala_aed.o $(LOADLIBES) 





snd_vaisala_mw31: snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_vaisala_mw31.o 


	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS) -o $@ snd2pwv.o sonde.o io_vaisala_mw31.o $(LOADLIBES) 





sonde.o: sonde.h 


io_wyoming.o: sonde.h 


io_visala_aed.o: sonde.h 











clean:


	rm -f *.o 


	rm -f *~


	rm -f *.stackdump





bak:


	rm -f *.bak





libclean:


	(cd $(SNDLIBDIR); make distclean)





distclean: clean libclean


	rm -f $(PROGRAM)


	rm -f *.exe


	rm -f *~





#include  rules.mk








.c.o:


	$(CC)  $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) -c $<





.cc.o:


	$(CPP) $(CPPFLAGS)  $(INCLUDES) -c $< [/cpp]

[Alexey-Kukanov]

Makefiles are "executed" by a make tool, not a compiler. Makefile content is mostly about files, dependencies between files, and rules (commands) to convert files, e.g. to compile an executable binary from a set of source files. Besides compilation, they often describe other actions, and may reference some system-specific utilities (in your case, 'ar' and 'rm'). Also, different make tools have some incompatibilities in syntax (in your case, #include rules.mk might be specific to GNU make).

As this all is eventually about building binaries from sources, if I were you I wouldn't bother with makefiles on Windows (unless there is a serious reason to do that) but instead created VS project files that do the same job.

If you really need to "port" the makefile, GNU make manual (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html) is probably the point to start learning about makefiles. The conversion might start with replacing gcc and g++ with icl (the command to launchIntel Compiler), and replacing all gcc/g++ options with equivalent options for Intel Compiler.

[Ganesh_R_Intel]

Hi,

That is right.

You can consider using the "nmake" tool to build your makefile on Windows. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60340/en-us and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132084/en-us

You need to make sure that your library dependencies are resolved.

Take care,

Ganesh

[jerryleo]

Quoting - Ganesh Rao

Hi,

That is right.

You can consider using the "nmake" tool to build your makefile on Windows. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/60340/en-us and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/132084/en-us

You need to make sure that your library dependencies are resolved.

Take care,

Ganesh

Thanks for all comments.

I already set the environment variable, while I issued command "icl -I. /c ptu.cc",icl still complained error: identifier "isinf" is undefined.

Is there anything missing?

Thanks.

[JenniferJ]

try"icl /TP /c t.cc". "/TP" tells the compiler to treat "t.cc" as a C++ file.