The K Desktop Environment

9.5. Make Options

As GNU make supports some useful options, the Project Options dialog contains a page called "Make-Options", where those can be en/disabled. The available settings are:

Print debug information

prints out all information about the project files and what make determines for rebuilding them.

Continue after errors

tries to continue with the compilation after an error occurred (e.g. a file couldn't be compiled due to an error)

Print the data base

prints out the make -database for the current process which contains the changes from the last build-run.

Environment variables

give the current environment variables a higher priority than the currently used variables in the Makefile s.

No built-in rules

doesn't use built-in rules for make .

Touch files

don't run the Compiler on changed files; instead only touches them. This sets them as already processed by make .

Ignore all errors

Ignores all errors that occur

Silent operation

doesn't print out any information about the build-process

Print working directory

prints the current directory during the make -process.

job number

sets the amount of parallel processes for make . For a single-CPU system we recommend setting this to one or two.

set modified

sets the selected file modified. Choose the file by clicking the folder button on the right. Setting a file modified means that the file will be processed by make and compiled if it is a source file.

additional options

set additional options to make ; those can be found in your local man page for "GNU Make".

Rebuild behaviour on run

Sets the actions taken when you choose run. There are three options you can choose from:

  • always rebuild: Always rebuild without checking for modified files.

  • Warning on modification: Warn if source files have been modified and ask if the project should be rebuilt.

  • Only on modification: Check if sources have changed and rebuild if so.

The default is to rebuild always.