How to Compile Single C file in Vim using Makefile Generated by Autotools

Question

If in my Makefile.am, I have a set of hypothetically named sources:

lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmy_tutorial.la                                           
libmy_tutorial_la_SOURCES = \                                                 
  jump_table.h jump_table.c \                                                  
  core.h core.c \                                                
  my_dynapi.c                                                                   

bin_PROGRAMS = main                                                            
main_SOURCES = main.c                                                          
main_LDADD = libmy_tutorial.la                                     

CLEANFILES = *.o  

and I am in Vim. Is there a way to call :make on a single target if my Makefile is generated from the Makefile.am above.

For example:

:make main.o

would compile only main.c from bin_PROGRAMS?

Just as if I had run:

gcc -c -o main.o $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) main.c

Answer 1

Since you're using Libtool, your targets are .lo files instead of .o files. Call make main.lo , or make libmy_tutorial_la-main.lo if you're using per-target CFLAGS .