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<p>Rule for building external libraries with GNU Make. GNU Make commands (make and make install by default) are invoked with prefix="install" (by default), and other environment variables for compilation and linking, taken from Bazel C/C++ toolchain and passed dependencies.</p>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-name"></a>name</td><tdalign="left">A unique name for this target.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#name">Name</a></td><tdalign="left">required</td><tdalign="left"></td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-additional_inputs"></a>additional_inputs</td><tdalign="left"><strong>deprecated</strong>: Please use the <code>build_data</code> attribute.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-additional_tools"></a>additional_tools</td><tdalign="left"><strong>deprecated</strong>: Please use the <code>build_data</code> attribute.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-alwayslink"></a>alwayslink</td><tdalign="left">Optional. if true, link all the object files from the static library, even if they are not used.</td><tdalign="left">Boolean</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">False</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-args"></a>args</td><tdalign="left">A list of arguments to pass to the call to <code>make</code></td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-build_data"></a>build_data</td><tdalign="left">Files needed by this rule only during build/compile time. May list file or rule targets. Generally allows any target.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-copts"></a>copts</td><tdalign="left">Optional. Add these options to the compile flags passed to the foreign build system. The flags only take affect for compiling this target, not its dependencies.</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-data"></a>data</td><tdalign="left">Files needed by this rule at runtime. May list file or rule targets. Generally allows any target.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-defines"></a>defines</td><tdalign="left">Optional compilation definitions to be passed to the dependencies of this library. They are NOT passed to the compiler, you should duplicate them in the configuration options.</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-deps"></a>deps</td><tdalign="left">Optional dependencies to be copied into the directory structure. Typically those directly required for the external building of the library/binaries. (i.e. those that the external buidl system will be looking for and paths to which are provided by the calling rule)</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-env"></a>env</td><tdalign="left">Environment variables to set during the build. <code>$(execpath)</code> macros may be used to point at files which are listed as <code>data</code>, <code>deps</code>, or <code>build_data</code>, but unlike with other rules, these will be replaced with absolute paths to those files, because the build does not run in the exec root. No other macros are supported.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/skylark/lib/dict.html">Dictionary: String -> String</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">{}</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-lib_name"></a>lib_name</td><tdalign="left">Library name. Defines the name of the install directory and the name of the static library, if no output files parameters are defined (any of static_libraries, shared_libraries, interface_libraries, binaries_names) Optional. If not defined, defaults to the target's name.</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">""</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-lib_source"></a>lib_source</td><tdalign="left">Label with source code to build. Typically a filegroup for the source of remote repository. Mandatory.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">Label</a></td><tdalign="left">required</td><tdalign="left"></td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-linkopts"></a>linkopts</td><tdalign="left">Optional link options to be passed up to the dependencies of this library</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_bin_dir"></a>out_bin_dir</td><tdalign="left">Optional name of the output subdirectory with the binary files, defaults to 'bin'.</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">"bin"</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_binaries"></a>out_binaries</td><tdalign="left">Optional names of the resulting binaries.</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_data_dirs"></a>out_data_dirs</td><tdalign="left">Optional names of additional directories created by the build that should be declared as bazel action outputs</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_headers_only"></a>out_headers_only</td><tdalign="left">Flag variable to indicate that the library produces only headers</td><tdalign="left">Boolean</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">False</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_include_dir"></a>out_include_dir</td><tdalign="left">Optional name of the output subdirectory with the header files, defaults to 'include'.</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">"include"</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_interface_libs"></a>out_interface_libs</td><tdalign="left">Optional names of the resulting interface libraries.</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_lib_dir"></a>out_lib_dir</td><tdalign="left">Optional name of the output subdirectory with the library files, defaults to 'lib'.</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">"lib"</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_shared_libs"></a>out_shared_libs</td><tdalign="left">Optional names of the resulting shared libraries.</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-out_static_libs"></a>out_static_libs</td><tdalign="left">Optional names of the resulting static libraries. Note that if <code>out_headers_only</code>, <code>out_static_libs</code>, <code>out_shared_libs</code>, and <code>out_binaries</code> are not set, default <code>lib_name.a</code>/<code>lib_name.lib</code> static library is assumed</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-postfix_script"></a>postfix_script</td><tdalign="left">Optional part of the shell script to be added after the make commands</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">""</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-targets"></a>targets</td><tdalign="left">A list of targets within the foreign build system to produce. An empty string (<code>""</code>) will result in a call to the underlying build system with no explicit target set</td><tdalign="left">List of strings</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">["", "install"]</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-tool_prefix"></a>tool_prefix</td><tdalign="left">A prefix for build commands</td><tdalign="left">String</td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">""</td></tr>
<tr><tdalign="left"><aid="make-tools_deps"></a>tools_deps</td><tdalign="left"><strong>deprecated</strong>: Please use the <code>build_data</code> attribute.</td><tdalign="left"><ahref="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">List of labels</a></td><tdalign="left">optional</td><tdalign="left">[]</td></tr>