dependencies not well detected when .mak changes

[fred-r]

Hi,

I am currently working on adding IAR support for my project with CMSIS Build.
To do so, I have created a "IAR.8.5.0.mak" file.
Of course, at the moment I still need to tune this file.

Unfortunately, when I do changes in the .mak file the build system does not detect it and keeps on working with the very same ".o._cc" files.

To have my updates taken onto account I need to delete the RTE folder manually.

This is a bit similar to the issue I faced with pack updates.
Probably there is a limitation with the dependencies checking ?

Thanks & Regards,
Fred

[brondani]

Hi Fred,

Thanks for reporting it, as you noted toolchain config files are not set as dependencies, I see that would be helpful in your use case.
For the time being, just for your development purposes, you could add it into the options files recipes in the generated makefile, for example:
$(CC_OPT_FILES): $(MAKEFILE) C:/cbuild/etc/IAR.8.5.0.mak

In such case changes in the C:/cbuild/etc/IAR.8.5.0.mak file will trigger a new build when you call make again. But it's just a temporary solution that will be overwritten once you regenerate the makefile.

Edit: @jkrech has just suggested me you can use cbuild.sh with the rebuild option. In any case there is no need to remove the RTE folder.

Best regards
Daniel