MakeFile

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Makefile

DEBUG ?= 0
CONTAINER := $(shell command -v podman 2>/dev/null)

# consider empty variable
CONTAINER_NETWORK_OPTION=

ifneq ($(CONTAINER_NETWORK_OPTION),)
CONTAINER_NETWORK_OPTION=--net=$(CONTAINER_NETWORK_OPTION)
endif

CONTAINER_OPTIONS=run $(CONTAINER_NETWORK_OPTION) -v "$$PWD":/workdir -w /workdir blang/latex:ubuntu \
/bin/sh -c

PDF_GENERATION=pdflatex file.tex $(OUTPUT)

ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
  OUTPUT=
else
  OUTPUT=>/dev/null
endif

-include second_rules.Makefile


# default call (can be changed by setting `.DEFAULT_GOAL := all`)
all: pdf

.PHONY: environment pdf clean

environment:
ifdef CONTAINER
  podman pull blang/latex:ubuntu
endif

pdf: environment
ifdef CONTAINER
  podman $(CONTAINER_OPTIONS) "$(PDF_GENERATION)"
else
  $(PDF_GENERATION)
endif

# NOTE '@' permits to silent the echo in terminal
clean:
  @rm -f file.pdf
# if you want silent comments, it shouldn't be indented

second_rules.Makefile

# This kind of files can help avoid pollutes the main one

test:
  echo "hello world from another makefile"

Usage: make DEBUG=1