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 ====== The standard ACT Makefile structure ======
-The following is a simple ''Makefile'' that uses the ACT standard makefile to create an executable called ''example''.
+The following is a simple ''Makefile'' that uses the ACT standard makefile to create an executable called ''example'', and which links against the core ACT library as well as the default passes.
 <code>
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 -include Makefile.deps
 </code>
+The variable ''EXT'' is set to an extension that combines the architecture and operating system. So this might look something like ''arm64_darwin23_5_0'' for an Apple M-series Mac, or ''x86_64_linux5_15_0'' on an x86 Linux platform. The  makefile creates a directory called ''$(EXT)'', and the object files generated are placed in that directory.((This was originally designed for Unix clusters with heterogeneous architectures but a shared file system.))
+Standard targets defined are:
+   * ''make depend'': creates ''Makefiles.dep'' with dependencies.
+   * ''make'': this should build the executable
+   * ''make install'': installs all files into ''$(ACT_HOME)''
+   * ''make clean'': removes object files but keeps all targets that were built
+   * ''make realclean'': removes targets as well (in addition to what is done with just clean).
+The object files can be moved into the working directory using:
+<code>
+$ make move-in
+</code>
+They can be put back into the architecture-specific directory using:
+<code>
+make move-out
+</code>
+===== Changing compilers =====
+The variables ''CC'' and ''CXX'' can be changed to modify the default C and C++ compilers respectively.
+So:
+<code>
+$ make CXX=clang++
+</code>
+will use clang++ as the C++ compiler for the build.
+===== Debug builds =====
+The C/C++ compilers are passed the ''C_COMPILER_OPTIONS'' environment variable. This is normally set to ''-O2'', but can be set to ''-g'' during the build process like this:
+<code>
+$ make C_COMPILER_FLAGS=-g
+</code>
+===== Standard test cases =====
+Standard test cases can be run using:
+<code>
+$ make runtest
+</code>
+For this to work properly, create test cases for your tool in the following way:
+   * All test cases and sample outputs are in the ''test/'' sub-directory.
+   * Test cases are run by changing to the ''test/'' sub-directory and running the script ''run.sh''. If this script doesn't exist, then nothing happens.
+Take a look at examples from existing ACT tools (e.g. ''[[https://github.com/asyncvlsi/actsim/tree/master/test|actsim]]'').