Question

I want to experiment with GCC whole program optimizations. To do so I have to pass all C-files at once to the compiler frontend. However, I use makefiles to automate my build process, and I’m not an expert when it comes to makefile magic.

How should I modify the makefile if I want to compile (maybe even link) using just one call to GCC?

For reference – my makefile looks like this:

LIBS  = -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lopengl32 CFLAGS = -Wall  OBJ = 64bitmath.o    \       monotone.o     \       node_sort.o    \       planesweep.o   \       triangulate.o  \       prim_combine.o \       welding.o      \       test.o         \       main.o  %.o : %.c     gcc -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@  test: $(OBJ)     gcc -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS) 

Answer 1

LIBS  = -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lopengl32 CFLAGS = -Wall  # Should be equivalent to your list of C files, if you don't build selectively SRC=$(wildcard *.c)  test: $(SRC)     gcc -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS)