From: Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: make file prob
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:35:06 +0000
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"Michael Duxbury" <M DOT R DOT Duxbury AT btinternet DOT com> wrote:

> #
> # Makefile for test.exe
> #
> 
> PROJECT = test
> OBJS    = test.o
> LIBS    = -lioapp
> 
> #include ..\..\rsxntmak.gnu  <<---- commented this out
> 
> $(PROJECT).exe: $(OBJS)
>  $(LINKCMD)

If this is the complete makefile then all it will do is make test.o

Commenting that line may have made some errors go away but you also lost
LINKCMD, so test.exe is being treated as a "phony" target - that is why
you get the message saying it is up to date.