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diff --git a/makeenv.1 b/makeenv.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61481e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/makeenv.1 @@ -0,0 +1,288 @@ +.TH MAKEENV 1 MAKEENV +.SH NAME +makeenv - Run make(1) with environment loaded from .makeenv +.SH SYNPOSIS +.B makeenv +.RI [ arguments "] ..." +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B makeenv +utility opens the file +.I .makeenv +if it exists in the current working directory and scans it +for options, macros, and targets to specify along with the +provided +.I arguments +when it executes +.BR make (1). +Any macro listed in +.I .makeenv +is also put in the environment. +.PP +After loading +.I .makeenv +and adding populating the environment, +.B makeenv +will inspect it's environment, +.B makeenv +itself is affected by the environment variables, which +also are +.BR make (1) +macros; this if you need a specific implementation of +.BR make (1) +for a project, it can be specified in the +.I .makeenv +file. +.PP +When executng +.BR make (1), +.B makeenv +may reorder the +.IR arguments , +and will put any option listed in +.I .makeenv +at the beginning, any macro listed in +.I .makeenv +before the macros in the +.IR arguments , +and any target listed in +.I .makeenv +before the targets in the +.IR arguments . +.PP +.B makeenv +is designed to be usable in place of +.BR make (1), +that is, the user can create add the +.B alias +.I makeenv=make +in his shell, without any adverse affect. +.B makeenv +will pass on it's arguments as is to +.BR make (1) +(or whichever utility is specified in the environment +variable +.I MAKEENV_MAKE +or the environment variable +.IR MAKE ) +without validation or modifications, if the +.B .makeenv +does not exist. +.SH OPTIONS +The +.BR makeenv +utility passes it's options to the +.BR make (1) +utility and do not act on any of the it self, however +in order to properly interleave options and operands +specified in the +.I .makeenv +file, it have to understand which options take an argument +and which do not. By default, the +.BR makeenv +utility only understands the options specified by POSIX, +and the argumented option +.B -W +(vendor options), as well as long options that start with +two dashes +.RB (--) +provided that the same command line argument contains an +equals sign +.RB ( = ). +The user can modify the environment +variables to modify how the +.BR makeenv +utility understands the options. See the section +.B ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +for more information. The current version only support +options that consist of a dash +.RB ( - ) +followed by any other character and options that start +with two dashes +.RB ( -- ), +followed by at least one character, but may not contain +an equals sign +.RB ( = ), +as these are treated as delimiters between long options +and their associated argument. +.BR +.SH STDIN +Not used. +.SH INPUT FILES +None. +.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +The following environment variables affect the execution of +.BR makeenv : +.TP +.I PATH +Default. +.TP +.IR MAKEENV_MAKE ", " MAKE +The command that shall be invoked by the utility. +The environment variable +.I MAKEENV_MAKE +has precedence over +.IR MAKE; +.I MAKE +is only used if +.I MAKEENV_MAKE +is not defined. If neither is defined, the default value +.B make +is used. +.TP +.I MAKEENV_OPTS_NO_ARG +List of options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that do not have any argument. +(Default is +.BR eiknpqrSst , +meaning the options +.BR -e , +.BR -i , +.BR -k , +.BR -n , +.BR -p , +.BR -q , +.BR -r , +.BR -S , +.BR -s , +and +.BR -t .) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_OPTS_ARG +List of options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that have an argument. +(Default is +.BR fW , +meaning the options +.B -f +and +.BR -W .) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_OPTS_OPT_ATTACHED_ARG +List of options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that have an argument only if +there are additional characters after +the option character in the same +command line argument. (Default is +the empty string, meaning no options.) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_OPTS_OPT_ARG +List of options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that have an argument if there +are additional characters after +the option character in the same +command line argument or if argument is +followed directly by another argument +which does not start with a dash +.RB ( - ). +(Default is +the empty string, meaning no options.) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_LONG_OPTS_NO_ARG +Space-separated list of long options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that do not have any argument +unless it is followed directly by an +equals sign +.RB ( = ) +in the same command line argument. +Options that do not start with two dashes +.RB ( -- ) +are silently ignored. (Default is the +empty string, meaning no options.) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_LONG_OPTS_ARG +Space-separated list of long options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that have an argument that must +either be specified in the next command +line argument or after an +equals sign +.RB ( = ) +the shall directly follow the option +string in the same command line argument. +Options that do not start with two dashes +.RB ( -- ) +are silently ignored. (Default is the +empty string, meaning no options.) +.TP +.I MAKEENV_LONG_OPTS_OPT_ARG +Space-separated list of long options that +.B makeenv +shall interpret as +.BR make (1) +options that have an argument if it is +the option string is is directly followed +by equals sign +.RB ( = ) +in the same command line argument or if +argument is followed directly by another +argument which does not start with a dash +.RB ( - ). +Options that do not start with two dashes +.RB ( -- ) +are silently ignored. (Default is the +empty string, meaning no options.) +.PP +Any macro listed in +.I .makeenv +is loaded into the environment before the utility inspects +the environement. +.SH ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS +Default. +.SH STDOUT +Not used. +.SH STDERR +The standard error is used only for diagnostic messages. +.SH OUTPUT FILES +None. +.SH EXTENDED DESCRIPTION +None. +.SH EXIT STATUS +If the +.BR make (1) +utility is invoked, the exit status of +.B makeenv +is the exit status of the +.BR make (1); +utility otherwise, the +.B makeenv +utility exits with one of the following values: +.TP +125 +An error occurred in the +.B makeenv +utility. +.TP +126 +The +.BR make (1) +utility was found but could not be invoked. +.TP +127 +The +.BR make (1) +utility could not be found. +.SH CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS +Default. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR makeenv (5), +.BR make (1) |