Build Options Dialog Box

Related Topics:

Specifying a Build Mode	Specifying Build Options
Specifying a Make Target	Specifying a Build Command
The dmake Command	The .dmakerc File

Use the Build Options dialog box to modify the parameters of a build. To open the Build Options dialog box, click Options in the Define New or Edit Target Dialog Boxes. See the dmake and make man pages for detailed information about the following commands and options.

Category: Basic

• Displays commands but does not run them (-n)
• Continues with dependency branches that do not depend on the target when an error occurs or when make cannot find a rule (-k)

Category: Execute Commands and Display

• Displays the reasons why make rebuilds a target (-d)

make displays any and all dependencies that are newer. The make display options are also read in from the MAKEFLAGS environment variable.

• Displays detailed information on the dependency check and processing (-dd)
• Displays the text of the makefiles read in (-D)
• Displays the text of the makefiles, make.rules file, the state file, and all hidden-dependency reports (-DD)
• Executes commands without echoing them (-s)

This option is equivalent to the special function target .SILENT:.

Category: Display Instead of Executing

• Prints the complete set of macro definitions and target descriptions (-p)
• Reports dependencies only, does not build them (-P)
• Returns a zero or nonzero status code depending on whether or not the target file is up to date (-q)

Category: Miscellaneous

• Touches the target files (updates them) instead of performing their rules (-t)
• Ignores the default makefile /usr/share/lib/make/make.rules (-r)
• Allows environment variables to override assignments within makefiles (-e)
• Ignores error codes returned by commands (-i)

This option is quivalent to thespecial function target .IGNORE:.

Category: Distributed Make

This category allows you to specify the type of make process to run and has the following components:

Mode	Select the type of make process to run: serial, parallel, or distributed (see Specifying a Build Mode).
Maximum Jobs	For distributed make, type the maximum numbers of jobs that are distributed to the build servers.
Runtime Configuration File	For distributed make, specify a runtime configuration file.
Build Server Group	For distributed make, type the name of the server group to which jobs are distributed.
Temporary Output Directory	Specify the name of the directory to which temporary output is to be written.
OK	Applies the changes and closes the dialog box.
Apply	Applies the changes but leaves the dialog box open.
Cancel	Closes the dialog box without applying changes.