make – Run targets in a Makefile

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

• Run targets in a Makefile.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• make

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
chdir - / required		cd into this directory before running make
file - added in 2.5		Use file as a Makefile
params -		Any extra parameters to pass to make
target -		The target to run

Examples

# Build the default target
- make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project

# Run `install` target as root
- make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: install
  become: yes

# Pass in extra arguments to build
- make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    params:
      NUM_THREADS: 4
      BACKEND: lapack

# Pass a file as a Makefile
- make:
    chdir: /home/ubuntu/cool-project
    target: all
    file: /some-project/Makefile

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Linus Unnebäck (@LinusU) <linus@folkdatorn.se>

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