bakefile

Makefile generators: premake vs bakefile?

For my C++ build process, I am using Bakefile, a nice little Makefile generator, which lets you specify your build targets in XML, and it can generate various Makefiles or project files from it. It works fine and I use it to generate the GNU autotools scripts. Now I heard of Premake, which seems to have a similar functionality. You spe...

Cross-platform make system supporting 32/64 bit targets on Windows and Linux

I'm looking for a make system, along the lines of CMake or Bakefile, that supports the generation of Visual Studio project files and makefiles (targetting Linux) dual targeting x86 and x64 (in the same project/make file). I've looked at CMake and Bakefile and they both appear to have limitations in this respect; they both appear to not ...

Considering modified files for rebuild

I have a C++ project, I am using Bakefile for build process, Makefiles are generated for msvc, mingw, gnu etc for cross-platform support. Now the problem is that if I change any .h files (which are included in other .cpp files) and performing a rebuild does not recompile modified files. But changing any .cpp file gets recompiled. Based...