fpcmake(1)

✨ fpcmake(1) — the Free Pascal makefile constructor, bestie edition ✨

okay so picture this: you're in the Free Pascal ecosystem and you need a Makefile, but writing one by hand is giving suffering. enter fpcmake, the Free Pascal makefile constructor program, aka your new best friend 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fpcmake [-Ttarget] [-pwhrqvV] [filename [filename [filename]]]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

fpcmake reads a Makefile.fpc and converts it into a Makefile that's suitable for reading by GNU make, so it can compile your projects for you. no cap.

it's similar in functionality to GNU autoconf, or to Imake for making X projects. it's giving "we have build systems at home" but honestly? it ate. 💅

🎀 USAGE 🎀

fpcmake accepts filenames of makefile description files as its command-line arguments. for each of these files it will create a Makefile in the same directory where the file is located, overwriting any existing file with the same name. 😭 yes, literally overwriting. she does not ask permission.

if no options are given, it just attempts to read the file Makefile.fpc in the current directory and tries to construct a Makefile from it. any previously existing Makefile will be erased. 🙈

see fpcmake(5) for a description of the format of the Makefile.fpc file. iykyk.

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

fpcmake has a small number of options to control its behaviour:

• -h — emit a short help text describing the use of fpcmake. the "bestie explain" button 🫶
• -p — if this option is given, a package description file is generated as well as a makefile. two for one, slay ✨
• -q — tells fpcmake to be more quiet, i.e. emit less messages. lowkey mode 🤫
• -r — if this option is given, fpcmake will recursively scan subdirectories for makefile.fpc files and generate makefiles for them. it's going down the whole tree, no stone unturned, main character energy 🌈
• -T — specifies the targets for which fpcmake should generate makefiles. this can be a comma-separated list of target systems, or the special identifier all which indicates that a makefile should be generated for all supported platforms. periodt. 👑
• -v — this option instructs fpcmake to be more verbose. she's talking. a lot. 💀
• -V — print fpcmake version and exit. quick lil flex then bye 💜
• -w — this is the standard option and tells fpcmake to generate a makefile. the default vibe check ✅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• fpcmake(5)
• ppc386(1)
• make(1)

heads up bestie: -r goes digging recursively, and the plain no-args mode will straight up erase an existing Makefile. read the room before you run it. 🎀

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this was Free Pascal, dated 11 Jan 2005 — iconic behavior from 2005, honestly, and she still slays. bye bestie! 🌸💖✨