chore: support for different build targets

Author: LeoBorai

Makefile

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
+TARGET ?= aarch64-apple-darwin
+
 .PHONY: default test
 
 default: release
 
 build:
 	make -C ./src/file-explorer-ui dist
-	make -C ./src/http-server build
+	make -C ./src/http-server build TARGET=$(TARGET)
 
 release:
 	make -C ./src/file-explorer-ui release
-	make -C ./src/http-server release
+	make -C ./src/http-server release TARGET=$(TARGET)
 
 run:
 	make -C ./src/http-server run

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ Build release binaries with:
 make release
 ```
 
+Optionally you can build for other targets by specifying the `TARGET` variable
+
+```bash
+make release TARGET=<target-triple>
+```
+
+For example:
+
+```bash
+# Install aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu target
+rustup target install aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+# Build for aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu target
+make release TARGET=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+```
+
 Then use the following _alias_ for convenience
 
 ```bash

src/http-server/Makefile

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
+TARGET ?= aarch64-apple-darwin
+
 .PHONY: default
 
 default:
 	cargo r -- start
 
 build:
-	cargo b
+	@echo "Building for target: $(TARGET)"
+	cargo b --target $(TARGET)
 
 release:
-	cargo b --release
+	@echo "Building with release mode for target: $(TARGET)"
+	cargo b --release --target $(TARGET)
 
 dist:
 	make -C ../file-explorer-ui dist