Makefile rules

This page describes some of the more useful Makefile rules for PennMUSH.

Most people use 'make update', 'make', and 'make install' and get by fine. There's a lot of other options, of which the more useful are mentioned here. Some have not been used in living memory and are due to get cleaned up.

all

The default rule run by just plain 'make'. Rebuilds hdrs/cmds.h, /hdrs/funs.h, and other headers. Builds netmud and info_slave.

update

Updates options.h from options.h.dist and game/mush.cnf from mush/mushcnf.dist, to add new options or remove deleted ones.

install

Makes symlinks from game/netmush to src/netmud and the same for info_slave.

netmud

Builds just netmud.

etags

Creates an etags file in src/TAGS for use with emacs (Move the cursor over a function name, and hit M-.)

ctags

The same as etags but for vi

portmsg

Builds src/portmsg, the port announcer program that can be used when a mush is down or moved to give people who try to connect a message.

indent

Runs indent on Penn source to re-format it to project standards.

distdepend

Rebuilds the file dependencies in src/Makefile.in that determine when files need to be recompiled. Requires the makedepend program, part of X11 or its own package depending on the OS distribution. Re-run ./config.status to generate a new src/Makefile if it's not done by make for you. (Pending feature as of this writing.)

clean

Delete all object and executables in src/

distclean

Delete a lot more files than just make clean, including game/mush.cnf. Use with care.

versions

Rebuilds the help-file change logs from the CHANGES.* files. Requires the Sort::Versions perl module.

And more.