Makefile: Don't build dependencies locally by default

janlimpens · Nov 19, 2016 · 7c7beda · 7c7beda
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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ Using the Makefiles
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 If you have neither PDCurses with SDL support, nor yaml-cpp available on
-your system, then just run the default target:
+your system, then run this target:
 
-$ make
+$ make everything
 
 It should download and build PDCurses and yaml-cpp, then build ASCIIpOrtal.
 

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@
 # List of available ports
 PORTS = mingw32 nosdl nosdl32 linux linux32
 
-# standard build (should work on most unix if SDL is available)
-# downloads and builds PDcurses against SDL for convenience.
+help:
+	@echo
+	@echo "[*] To build asciiportal on Linux, run 'make linux', you need pdcurses and yaml-cpp."
+	@echo "[*] To build all dependencies locally, run 'make everything'."
+	@echo "[*] For other options (mingw32, no SDL), read the Makefile."
+
+# Build every dependency locally (yaml-cpp and pdcurses), then asciiportal.
+# You only need SDL.
 # See 'linux' target if you already have PDCurses built against SDL.
-default:
-	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.$@ $@
+everything:
+	$(MAKE) -f Makefile.default default
 
 # Other ports
 $(PORTS):