Question

I want my makefile to build the same binary 2 times, first compiling with gcc and then with mingw. So, I’ve written this, but it does not work:

OBJ_DIR = obj
SRC_DIR = src
BIN_DIR = bin

INCLUDE = -I./$(SRC_DIR)
LIBS = 

_SRCS = print_current_dir.c test_main.c
_OBJS = print_current_dir.o test_main.o

SRCS = $(addprefix $(SRC_DIR)/,$(_SRCS))
OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/,$(_OBJS))

all: $(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux $(BIN_DIR)/pps-win32

$(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: $(SRC_DIR)/%.c
    $(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)

$(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux: CC = cc
$(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux: CFLAGS = -g -Wall $(INCLUDE) $(LIBS)
$(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux: $(OBJS)
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o $@

$(BIN_DIR)/pps-win32: CC = i586-mingw32msvc-cc
$(BIN_DIR)/pps-win32: CFLAGS = -g -Wall $(INCLUDE) $(LIBS)
$(BIN_DIR)/pps-win32: $(OBJS)
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) -o $@

Once it compiles the objects file in $(OBJS) with gcc for the target pps-linux, it tries to build pps-win32 with the very same objects file, obviously failing, and despite the fact that I redefined CC and CFLAGS for the target pps-win32.
Here is the output:

$ make
cc -c -o obj/print_current_dir.o src/print_current_dir.c -g -Wall -I./src 
cc -c -o obj/test_main.o src/test_main.c -g -Wall -I./src 
cc -g -Wall -I./src  obj/print_current_dir.o obj/test_main.o -o bin/pps-linux
i586-mingw32msvc-cc -g -Wall -I./src  obj/print_current_dir.o obj/test_main.o -o bin/pps-win32
obj/print_current_dir.o: In function `print_dir':
/home/matteo/Desktop/pps/src/print_dir.c:23: undefined reference to `get_current_dir_name'
/home/matteo/Desktop/pps/src/print_dir.c:25: undefined reference to `puts'
/home/matteo/Desktop/pps/src/print_dir.c:27: undefined reference to `free'
/usr/lib/gcc/i586-mingw32msvc/4.4.4/../../../../i586-mingw32msvc/lib/libmingw32.a(main.o):(.text+0x85): undefined reference to `_WinMain@16'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [bin/pps-win32] Error 1

How do I force the recompilation of the objects file just compiled with a different compiler?

Thank you.

Answer 1

By making the object files compiler-dependent too, rather than trying to overwrite the same .o file in place with different contents, eg.

LINUX_OBJS = $(addprefix $(LINUX_OBJ_DIR)/,$(_OBJS))
...
$(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux: $(LINUX_OBJS)

NB. you may be able to do it more tidily by just using a target-dependent definition of OBJ_DIR, ie,

$(BIN_DIR)/pps-linux: OBJ_DIR = linux-obj

but I’d have to try it to be sure.