Compilation database is empty with recursive make pattern

[TomMD]

I'm seeing empty compilation databases from facebook/zstd makefile. It has a pattern of:

Foo:
    $(MAKE) -C lib

Meaning if we:

compiledb make Foo

There are lots of invocations of gcc but the resulting compile_commands.json is empty ([]).

[FZGabriel]

Hi @TomMD. Did you find a workaround?
Best regards.

[TomMD]

@FZGabriel No workaround identified. I might have used bear or just used a wrapper gcc binary that recorded the call like how Infer works, can't recall.

[FZGabriel]

Thanks for your answer Tom.

[SeanPcWoo]

I have the same problem. Now I use bear in linux, however bear not work in my macbookpro, m1max chipset.