Read on in our blog about Makefile project support in CLion.
Known issues which cause most of the failures:
- CPP-20126 – projects with the automake macros are still not supported.
- CPP-19305 – distcc is not yet supported.
- CPP-18723 – Makefile projects which use BSD make syntax are not supported.
Here is the list of Makefiles projects we've tested on:
| Project | Build system | Bootstrap | Make flags and environment | Status in CLion | Known issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample project | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | ||
| ARMmbed TLS | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | ||
| Embedded makefile flow | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | Project Source Files view is only populated if arm-none-eabi-gcc is installed. | |
| Nano | GNU Autotools | ./autogen.sh && ./configure | make -wnk | Works | config.h as well as some other headers sometimes disappear from the Project Source Files view. | |
| CPython | GNU Autotools | ./configure | make -wnk | Works | CPP-19665 | False positives when looking for compiler invocations. CLion may need to adjust the heuristics. |
| OpenJDK | GNU Autotools | bash configure | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-20558 | Interleaved series of "Entering directory" and "Leaving directory" messages 2. Unparseable g++ -c file.cpp > >(/usr/bin/tee -a file.o.log) patterns on the command line. |
| TscanCode | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | The "all" target is not defined in the Makefile, so one needs to explicitly specify it in CLion settings and reload. | |
| Nodejs | GNU Make | ./configure && /usr/bin/python3.7 tools/gyp_node.py -f make | make -ewnk (sufficient) or make -ewnk MAKEFLAGS=ewnk GNUMAKEFLAGS=ewnk | Works | Avoid running "make clean" before analyzing the project. Multiple "Incorrect file specified" errors. | |
| Linux | Kbuild | make distclean defconfig clean | make V=1 -wnk bzImage modules | Works | CPP-20609 | Problems with output redirection: Incorrect file specified: '>' |
| GCC | GNU Autotools | ./configure | make -wnk | Doesn't work | One needs to run make at least once for the bootstrapping to complete: the first run of make invokes configure scripts in subprojects. So before we can try and analyze the output of make, the project has to be built and cleaned first. | |
| CMake | GNU Make | ./bootstrap | make -wnk | Works | ||
| Lbrycrd | GNU Autotools | Doesn't work | CPP-20126 | automake macros | ||
| BusyBox | Kbuild | make distclean defconfig clean | make V=1 -wnk | Works | Can also be analyzed as make -wnk V=1 | |
| SerenityOS | GNU Make | Works | CPP-19549, CPP-19305 | Uses ccache. Bootstraps its own copies of gcc and binutils. Switched to CMake on May 6, 2020, so checkout commit 49727ffee424d8c0038ce18b91b0bf0ff33b1a4d before testing GNU Make support. | ||
| Valve Proton | Doesn't work | Clone with --recurse-submodules (or git submodule init && git submodule update afterward). The Makefile uses a Vagrant-managed virtual machine to create a build environment. | ||||
| Google AFL | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | CPP-20601 | Builds a custom compiler wrapper, afl-gcc (unavailable before the project is built), and invokes it as AFL_QUIET=1 AFL_INST_RATIO=100 AFL_PATH=. ./afl-gcc |
| UPX | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk all | Works | ||
| VLC | GNU Autotools | Doesn't work | CPP-20126 | automake macros | ||
| FreeBSD | BSD Make | Doesn't work | CPP-18723 | Makefiles use BSD make syntax | ||
| OpenBSD | BSD Make | Doesn't work | CPP-18723 | Makefiles use BSD make syntax | ||
| NetBSD | BSD Make | Doesn't work | CPP-18723 | Makefiles use BSD make syntax | ||
| DragonFly BSD | BSD Make | Doesn't work | CPP-18723 | Makefiles use BSD make syntax | ||
| Systemd | Meson with Ninja backend | ./configure | make -wnk | Doesn't work | Makefile is used to just wrap "ninja build" | |
| ZFS | GNU Autotools | ./autogen.sh && ./configure | Works | CPP-19549 | Uses libtool | |
| Wine | GNU Autotools | ./configure --without-x --without-freetype | Works | Needs a 32-bit development environment, otherwise requires that some features (X11 and FreeType) are disabled. Multiple "Incorrect file specified" errors. | ||
| zinit zmodules | GNU Autotools | cd zmodules && ./configure | make -ewnk (sufficient) or make -ewnk MAKEFLAGS=ewnk GNUMAKEFLAGS=ewnk | Doesn't work | Multiple "Incorrect file specified" and "Incorrect directory specified" errors. | |
| Git | GNU Autotools+Kbuild | ./configure | make V=1 -wnk | Works | ||
| QEMU | GNU Make | ./configure | make V=1 -wnk | Works | CPP-20618 | Multiple "Incorrect file specified" errors. |
| Perl | GNU Make | ./Configure -d | make -wnk | Doesn't work | No compilation commands found. | |
| PHP | GNU Autotools | ./buildconf && ./configure | make -wnk | Works | CPP-19549 | Uses libtool |
| Mono | GNU Autotools | ./autogen.sh && ./configure | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-20126 | automake macros |
| make | GNU Autotools | ./bootstrap && ./configure | make -wnk | Works | ||
| LibreOffice | Doesn't work | |||||
| PostgreSQL | GNU Autotools | ./configure | make -wnk | Works | ||
| NuttX RTOS | Kbuild | tools/configure.sh -e -a ../incubator-nuttx-apps photon:nsh (board name and config name may vary) | make V=1 -wnk | Works | Requires kconfig-tweak (from the kconfig-frontends package) to be present on the PATH. Additionally, the arm-none-eabi-* toolchain (or whatever toolchain is appropriate for the board you've selected) needs to be installed first. The apps repository (nuttx-apps) needs to be cloned into a separate directory. Once bootstrapped, make menuconfig can be issued as usual. | |
| Redis | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | ||
| Curl | GNU Autotools | autoreconf -fiv && ./configure | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-20126 | automake macros |
| ChibiOS demos | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Works | CPP-19665 | Assembly files on the compiler command line (HAL-STM32F407-DISCOVERY). Other demos w/o assembly files get resolved just fine (RT-LPC214x-OLIMEX). |
| Strace | GNU Autotools | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-20126 | Subshell invocation which originates from Automake macros | |
| async-profiler | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-19895 | Can't import Makefile project if there're multiple source files on a single command line |
| imgui | GNU Make | None required | make -wnk | Doesn't work | CPP-20295 | Inline invocation of pkg-config --cflags via a subshell |
| dtwmcmd | GNU Autotools | ./configure | make -wnk | Works | CPP-20594 | |
| ffmpeg | GNU Make | ./configure | make -wnk | Works | CPP-19665, CPP-20609 |
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| nginx | GNU Make | auto/configure | make -wnk | Works |
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