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My only gripe with Makefiles is the lack of support on Windows. I work on several Go projects, all of which use a Makefile. It makes for a great experience on M

My only gripe with Makefiles is the lack of support on Windows. I work on several Go projects, all of which use a Makefile. It makes for a great experience on MacOS and Linux, but on Windows I have to break down the Makefile logic into powershell scripts or run raw `go test/build`. Both are fine, but just pointing out the fact that it's not a silver bullet if your project is intended to work across multiple platforms (like a CLI).

firethief 9y ago
Does WSL not solve that?
- wtetzner 9y ago
  If you do your build under WSL, you'll get a Linux binary. Which may or may not be OK, depending on what you're after.
  - rcarmo 9y ago
    Nope. Here: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WindowsCrossCompiling https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WindowsCrossCompiling
    - wtetzner 9y ago
      Ah, that's a good point. You just need to remember to set the right environment variables. Unless you need to link against MSVC stuff, although I don't know if Go supports that anyway.
      - e12e 9y ago
        Doesn't look like go works with msvc yet - the following issue was a fascinating read (partly because of the optimism and persistence displayed, partly in a ohmigoditsatrainwreckcantlookaway-way ;) https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20982 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20982
    - sythe2o0 9y ago
      It isn't always as simple as setting some environment variables. None of the projects I work on will compile when told to compile for another OS_ARCH because of the dependencies they have.
rpeden 9y ago
If you use Cmder[1] as your terminal, and you install the full package, make is bundled with it and works exactly as you'd expect it to. I do this with a couple of cross platform Go projects, and make works nicely on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Of course, this is less useful if it's a team project, because then everyone will have to install Cmder (or at least msys) to use the Makefile on a Windows system. [1]http://cmder.net/ http://cmder.net/
- bacongobbler 9y ago
  Sure, I have `make` installed and I'm using cmder, but some things do not translate well in Windows. https://cognitivewaves.wordpress.com/makefiles-windows/ https://cognitivewaves.wordpress.com/makefiles-windows/
int_19h 9y ago
MSYS2 offers a nice and relatively lean Unix-like build environment on top of Win32. It's especially convenient if your dependencies happen to be in their Pacman package repo (and if not, you can submit them to it...).

firethief 9y ago

Does WSL not solve that?

wtetzner 9y ago
If you do your build under WSL, you'll get a Linux binary. Which may or may not be OK, depending on what you're after.
- rcarmo 9y ago
  Nope. Here: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WindowsCrossCompiling https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/WindowsCrossCompiling
  - wtetzner 9y ago
    Ah, that's a good point. You just need to remember to set the right environment variables. Unless you need to link against MSVC stuff, although I don't know if Go supports that anyway.
    - e12e 9y ago
      Doesn't look like go works with msvc yet - the following issue was a fascinating read (partly because of the optimism and persistence displayed, partly in a ohmigoditsatrainwreckcantlookaway-way ;) https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20982 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/20982
  - sythe2o0 9y ago
    It isn't always as simple as setting some environment variables. None of the projects I work on will compile when told to compile for another OS_ARCH because of the dependencies they have.

rpeden 9y ago

If you use Cmder[1] as your terminal, and you install the full package, make is bundled with it and works exactly as you'd expect it to. I do this with a couple of cross platform Go projects, and make works nicely on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Of course, this is less useful if it's a team project, because then everyone will have to install Cmder (or at least msys) to use the Makefile on a Windows system. [1]http://cmder.net/ http://cmder.net/

bacongobbler 9y ago
Sure, I have `make` installed and I'm using cmder, but some things do not translate well in Windows. https://cognitivewaves.wordpress.com/makefiles-windows/ https://cognitivewaves.wordpress.com/makefiles-windows/

int_19h 9y ago

MSYS2 offers a nice and relatively lean Unix-like build environment on top of Win32. It's especially convenient if your dependencies happen to be in their Pacman package repo (and if not, you can submit them to it...).