Title :
Towards a framework for analysis, transformation, and manipulation of Makefiles
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Queen´s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Build systems are an integral part of the software development process, being responsible for turning source code into a deliverable product. They are, however, difficult to comprehend and maintain at times. Make, the most popular build language, is often cited as being difficult to debug. In this work, we propose a framework to analyze and manipulate Makefiles, and discover how the language is used in open source systems using existing software analysis techniques like source transformation and clone detection.
Keywords :
program debugging; software maintenance; source code (software); Makefiles; build automation system; clone detection; open source system; software analysis technique; software development process; source transformation; Automation; Cloning; Debugging; Feature extraction; Software; Software engineering; Taxonomy; Makefile; analysis; build systems; clone detection; make; transformation;
Conference_Titel :
Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2015 IEEE 22nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
DOI :
10.1109/SANER.2015.7081890
