# python-gnumake

**Repository Path**: yuhaoth/python-gnumake

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: python-gnumake
- **Description**: Python integration into GNU make
- **Primary Language**: Python
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: develop
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2025-10-09
- **Last Updated**: 2025-12-27

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## README

# Py-gnumake

Please see the [main documentation][1]. This file is a brief summary of how to
use Py-gnumake in your builds.

## Overview

Py-gnumake is the unholy union of Python and makefiles.  It is a GNU make plugin
that lets you write portions of your makefiles in Python.  Python code run
through Py-gnumake has access to makefile variables, functions, and etc., just
like regular makefile code.

## Requirements

This module requires GNU make >= 4.0 and currently only supports Python 3.3
or greater. It has currently been tested on Ubuntu Linux only.

### Mingw64 (Windows)
```
pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-dlfcn
```
# Using Py-gnumake from within your source tree

First clone the git repo somewhere in your source tree. (Git submodules work
nicely for this.) In the Py-gnumake directory you will find the makefile
`load-python.mk`. To use Py-gnumake, simply add the following to your makefile:
```make
include path/to/load-python.mk
```
This will build Py-gnumake if necessary, and then load it into your makefile.
(Including this file multiple times is benign.)

# Using Py-gnumake as a Python module

Install Py-gnumake from PYPI, or build it from source. Then add the following
to your makefile:
```make
$(eval $(shell python3 -m gnumake))
```
(Note that while you can import `gnumake` into any Python script when it is
installed in this manner, this module is completely nonfunctional unless
invoked from a makefile.)

[1]: https://benfogle.github.io/python-gnumake/