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Change Between GNU Make and Clearmake Compilers During a Build

Is it possible to switch from Clearmake to GNU make at a certain point in a build and then switch back? If so, how so?

Solution

  • Note, neither GNU make nor clearmake are compilers.

    All make versions are just tools for running other commands, so you can just write a rule that will run a different make as a command:

    run-make:
        gmake do-something

    Now when the run-make rule is invoked it will call GNU make (here called gmake, but it might be called make or whatever) to build a target do-something. Once that's done it'll return back to the current make version (presumably clearmake).

    With the minimal information you provided, that's the best we can do.