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.

You can get slightly more info by running with RUST_LOG=makers=warn, much more info with RUST_LOG=makers=debug, and an avalanche of info (probably only useful in small doses for debugging your makefile or makers itself) with RUST_LOG=makers=trace. For more specific configuration, see the documentation for the env_logger Rust crate.

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 the path to 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:

list of features that are needed for version 1.0:

actual documentation
tested with Linux
unit tests for most of the things
no TODOs left

changelog

next - TBD

propagate command line macros through MAKEFLAGS for recursive calls

v0.8.0 - 2024-11-15

license is worse
implement -C/--directory flag
pass flags into recursive calls via MAKEFLAGS environment variable
implement GNU-style export EGG=bug
rebuild out-of-date makefiles (but not with as much environment preservation as GNU make provides)
implement GNU-style rule-specific macros target: EGG=bug
implement GNU-style .SECONDEXPANSION (but not properly deferred like in GNU make)

v0.7.0 - 2021-04-13

implement GNU-style functions abspath, firstword
implement GNU-style scoped inference rules ("static patterns")

v0.6.1 - 2021-04-06

make export/unexport actually persist so they're available while executing

v0.6.0 - 2021-04-06

implement GNU-style functions findstring, realpath, dir, lastword, words, subst, error, word, patsubst, addsuffix
provide GNU-style built-in variables MAKECMDGOALS, CURDIR, MAKEFILE_LIST
fix broken handling of nested conditionals
try to build a missing included makefile before hard-erroring
implement GNU-style export/unexport directives

v0.5.0 - 2021-04-04

add verbose logging
partially fix $< (old: all dependencies, new: first dependency, spec: first dependency added by inference rule)
set the $(MAKE) built-in macro to the full path to makers if it can be found
change %-matching to reject partial pattern matches but allow all characters in %
implement GNU-style functions and, or, strip

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 Big Bill Hell’s License.

Exceptions may be available on request.

minuteæ

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