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make - Run targets in a Makefile¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Requirements (on host that executes module)
Options
Examples
- Status

Synopsis ¶

Run targets in a Makefile.

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

make

Options ¶

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
chdir	yes			cd into this directory before running make
params	no	none		Any extra parameters to pass to make
target	no	none		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

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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