In a GNU makefile, it is possible to use filter-out to remove a flag from CFLAG like this : CFLAGS:=$(filter-out -flag,$(CFLAGS)) However, I can't make it work with a FreeBSD makefile. Is filt...

I have a (from my point of view) rather complicated Makefile. That is mostly because I wanted colors there and other unnecessary things. Anyway, might I jump right into my question: Apart from L...

In a BSD Makefile, is it possible to define a catch-all target? I'm looking for the GNU equivalent of: %: @echo caught target $@ I was hoping that the preprocessor possesses enough magic to def...

I am not aware of any way to define programatically targets in GNU Make. How is this possible? Sometimes one can go away with alternate methods. The ability to define programatically targets in Ma...

Remark This is a variation on the question “What is the purpose of linking object files separately in a Makefile?” by user4076675 taking a slightly different point of view. See also the corres...

Apart from the fact that bmake is an BSD equivalent of GNU make, I could not clearly understand it's advantages over GNU make. Can anyone help me? I was able to find only one resource that was bit ...

Is there any type of if/else statement compatible with GNU make and Berkley make (freeBSD)? GNU MAKE: ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE), debug) berkley make: .ifdef (BUILD_TYPE)