Makefiles on MacOS

[mlevison]

When I run make install, I get the following error:

marklevison@Mac amplifier % make install
Makefile:5: /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM: No such file or directory
Makefile:5: Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk: No such file or directory
Error: Unknown command 'Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'. Run 'make help' to see available commands.
make: *** [Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk] Error 1
marklevison@Mac amplifier %

In the main makefile something about:

Include the recursive system

repo_root = $(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
include $(repo_root)/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk

and then in the recursive.mk file:
mkfile_dir = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))

Isn't working in MacOS with Gnu Make 3.81

[mlevison]

Ok it was sensitive to the use a space in the path.

Now I get an new error:
Reading makefiles...
Reading makefile Makefile'... DEBUG: repo_root = /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier Reading makefile /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk' (search path) (no ~ expansion)... Updating makefiles.... Considering target file /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk'.
Looking for an implicit rule for /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk'. Trying pattern rule with stem shell.mk'.
Found an implicit rule for /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk'. Finished prerequisites of target file /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk'.
No need to remake target /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/shell.mk'. Considering target file /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'.
Looking for an implicit rule for /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'. Trying pattern rule with stem recursive.mk'.
Found an implicit rule for /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'. Finished prerequisites of target file /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'.
No need to remake target /Users/marklevison/Documents/GitHub/LLM-Related/amplifier/tools/makefiles/recursive.mk'. Considering target file Makefile'.
Looking for an implicit rule for Makefile'. Trying pattern rule with stem Makefile'.
Found an implicit rule for Makefile'. Finished prerequisites of target file Makefile'.
No need to remake target Makefile'. Updating goal targets.... Considering target file install'.
File install' does not exist. Considering target file .clean-error-log'.
File .clean-error-log' does not exist. Finished prerequisites of target file .clean-error-log'.
Must remake target .clean-error-log'. Putting child 0x10490ba30 (.clean-error-log) PID 18130 on the chain. Live child 0x10490ba30 (.clean-error-log) PID 18130 Reaping winning child 0x10490ba30 PID 18130 Removing child 0x10490ba30 PID 18130 from chain. Successfully remade target file .clean-error-log'.
Considering target file .smoke_test_data/'. File .smoke_test_data/' does not exist.
Finished prerequisites of target file .smoke_test_data/'. Must remake target .smoke_test_data/'.
Putting child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18132 on the chain.
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18132
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18132
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18145
make -C .smoke_test_data/ install
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18145
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18146
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18146
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18150
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18150
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18151
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18151
Live child 0x10490acf0 (.smoke_test_data/) PID 18152
Reaping winning child 0x10490acf0 PID 18152
Removing child 0x10490acf0 PID 18152 from chain.
Successfully remade target file .smoke_test_data/'. Considering target file .print-error-log'.
File .print-error-log' does not exist. Finished prerequisites of target file .print-error-log'.
Must remake target .print-error-log'. Putting child 0x104907370 (.print-error-log) PID 18154 on the chain. Live child 0x104907370 (.print-error-log) PID 18154 Reaping winning child 0x104907370 PID 18154 Removing child 0x104907370 PID 18154 from chain. Successfully remade target file .print-error-log'.
Finished prerequisites of target file install'. Must remake target install'.
Putting child 0x1049073c0 (install) PID 18155 on the chain.
Live child 0x1049073c0 (install) PID 18155
Installing workspace dependencies...
Reaping winning child 0x1049073c0 PID 18155
uv sync --group dev
Live child 0x1049073c0 (install) PID 18162
Resolved 179 packages in 4ms
× Failed to build tiktoken==0.11.0
├─▶ The build backend returned an error
╰─▶ Call to setuptools.build_meta.build_wheel failed (exit status: 1)

  [stdout]
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  copying tiktoken/registry.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken/__init__.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken/core.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken/model.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken/load.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken/_educational.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  copying tiktoken_ext/openai_public.py ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken_ext
  running egg_info
  writing tiktoken.egg-info/PKG-INFO
  writing dependency_links to tiktoken.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
  writing requirements to tiktoken.egg-info/requires.txt
  writing top-level names to tiktoken.egg-info/top_level.txt
  reading manifest file 'tiktoken.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
  adding license file 'LICENSE'
  writing manifest file 'tiktoken.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  copying tiktoken/py.typed ->
  build/lib.macosx-26.0-arm64-cpython-314/tiktoken
  running build_ext
  running build_rust

  [stderr]
  /Users/marklevison/.cache/uv/builds-v0/.tmpAUOULc/lib/python3.14/site-packages/setuptools/config/_apply_pyprojecttoml.py:82:
  SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: `project.license` as a TOML table is
  deprecated
  !!

  
  ********************************************************************************
          Please use a simple string containing a SPDX expression for
  `project.license`. You can also use `project.license-files`. (Both
  options available on setuptools>=77.0.0).

          By 2026-Feb-18, you need to update your project and remove
  deprecated calls
          or your builds will no longer be supported.

          See
  https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license
  for details.
  
  ********************************************************************************

  !!
    corresp(dist, value, root_dir)
  warning: no files found matching 'Makefile'
  error: can't find Rust compiler

  If you are using an outdated pip version, it is possible a prebuilt
  wheel is available for this package but pip is not able to install from
  it. Installing from the wheel would avoid the need for a Rust compiler.

  To update pip, run:

      pip install --upgrade pip

  and then retry package installation.

  If you did intend to build this package from source, try installing
  a Rust compiler from your system package manager and ensure it is
  on the PATH during installation. Alternatively, rustup (available at
  https://rustup.rs) is the recommended way to download and update the
  Rust compiler toolchain.

  hint: This usually indicates a problem with the package or the build
  environment.

help: tiktoken (v0.11.0) was included because workspace (v0.1.0) depends
on tiktoken
Reaping losing child 0x1049073c0 PID 18162
make: *** [install] Error 1
Removing child 0x1049073c0 PID 18162 from chain.

[mlevison]

Ok so I think you need to add:

• Rustup to the list of things to install.
• Python 3.14 is current on MacOS, but Tiktoken relies 3.13 - so forcing: uv python pin 3.13 worked for now.

Also there were warnings about TOML file using a deprecated syntax.