Can we run one binary inside makefile of other

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Suppose assume i need to run makedevs command inside squashfs-tools Makefile. can i add /bin/sh makedevs command inside squashfs-tools makefile ?

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Why not?

But you have to make sure that the needed tool for buildhost is built first.

You need to

  • define the needed tool as a build dependency, and
  • make sure that the tool compiles and installs the host executable. (so that it can be called from Makefile)

Probably something in style of https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/libs/libgee/Makefile

You could search the source repos for PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS (and HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS) for pointers.

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