KDevCustomMakeManager not finding make targets in autotools project

santilin software at noviolento.es
Wed Jun 19 09:47:14 BST 2019


Thank yoy very much, I'll have a look ASAP

On 17/6/19 21:22, Milian Wolff wrote:
> On Donnerstag, 16. Mai 2019 19:28:17 CEST santilin wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> all of my C++ projects are configured using autotools. Some time ago, I
>> could debug them using a bit of hacking, but now I can no longer debug them.
>>
>> One of the main visible problems is that the project manager can not
>> find the make targets.
>>
>> First of all, I wonder if any of the project managers of kdevelop is
>> specifically designed to work with autotools. I have found these ones:
>>
>> KDevCustomMakeManager => CustomMakefile Project Manager
>>
>> Compiles but can't find make targets
> I believe this one should be used for autotools, assuming you ran autoreconf +
> configure to generate the Makefiles externally. Most notably, the
> MakeFileResolver should parse your Makefiles and find the targets therein.
>
> It's quasi unmaintained since years. If it's not working as intended, then
> your best bet is to dive into that code to figure out what's going on.
>
> Some ideas:
>
> - make files aren't found (out of source build? maybe that's not yet supported
> by this manager?)
> - make file isn't parsed properly
>
> Hope that helps
>
>> KDevGenericManager => Generic Project Manager
>>
>> Can not compile, nor finds make targets
>>
>> KDevProjectManager => Make Project Manager
>>
>> Could not load project management plugin KDevProjectManager.
>>
>> ¿Is there a KDevProjectManager plugin or is not that the manager name to
>> set in my .kdev4 file?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --santilín
>


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