Hello Erik,
While I have no direct answer for you, I have a few tips about cleaning. 1. Use double-colon rules. https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Double_002dColon They can be combined, so you could have: Makefile1: .PHONY: clean clean:: $(RM) somefile -include Makefile2 Makefile2: .PHONY: clean clean:: $(RM) someOtherFile 2. Use $(RM) instead of rm For removing files, use $(RM). It is more portable, and it expands to rm -f, not just rm. So you don't have to worry about files that do not exist. 3. Exit Hook + Recursive Make If cleanup is a MUST, don't provide separate rules. Instead, use recursive make and a more powerful shell. For example, if the cleanup is about cleaning up after tests, I use the following pattern. In the example, I need a docker container to be started for the test, and I don't want to keep the container running after the tests. But that can be anything, replace docker with whatever you want/need in your context. export SHELL:=/bin/bash export SHELLOPTS:=$(if $(SHELLOPTS),$(SHELLOPTS):)pipefail:errexit .ONESHELL: .PHONY: test ## Runs all tests. test: function tearDown { docker stop test-image } trap tearDown EXIT docker run --name test-image … $(MAKE) testImpl See also my StackOverflow answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28597794/how-can-i-clean-up-after-an-error-in-a-makefile/52159940#52159940 Best regards, Christian On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 1:26 AM Erik Rull <erik.r...@rdsoftware.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have several targets that depend on each other. > For cleaning them up, I have to take care that the clean dependencies are > just > the other way round. > > e.g. > > a: b c > b: d e > c: > d: > e: > > If I want to make a the dependencies assert that the build order is > correct. > If I want to make "clean" e.g. c, I should clean a first. > > Is there a way to find the "reverse-order" of the dependencies? Of course, > I > could manually write the clean-rule-dependencies, but that would be too > easy > (and generate additional errors when the number of targets and > dependencies are > bigger). > > Maybe someone solved that already, I did not yet find a smooth solution > for that. > > Thanks in advance. > > Best regards, > > Erik > > _______________________________________________ > Help-make mailing list > Help-make@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make > -- Christian Hujer E: christian.hu...@gmail.com T: @christianhujer +91 77 2003 6661 (while in India) +49 162 4124108 (while in Germany) +44 7871 912444 (while in UK) _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
