From: "Stephen Wade" <maitrek AT austarmetro DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Going insane with Make
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I discovered that when you are using makefiles in a directory (or a sub-dir)
of the \dev\ directory, it tends to get a bit crazy.

However, as you pointed out, my makefile was a mess anyway, I cleaned that
up and now it runs fine, cheers!

Pity I'm such a newbie :(

Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote in message
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> Stephen Wade <maitrek AT austarmetro DOT com DOT au> wrote:
> > This is my frist attempt at using a makefile, and every time i run
"make"
> > from the MS-DOS prompt in windows 98 in a directory which contains this
> > makefile
>
> Your makefile has several potential or guaranteed problems.
>
> > (called 'makefile')
> > #------------------
> > vpath %.c ..\src
>               ^----- use / here, if possible.
>
> The DJGPP port tries to allow backslashes, but in case of doubt,
> forward slashes will work better.  The original Unix Make syntax is
> not very friendly to backslashes as directory separators.
>
> (Same for drive letters).
>
> > vpath %.h ..\src
>
> > CC=gcc.exe
>
> > vexle : vexle.o vbe3.o mouse.o
> >  cc -o vexle vexle.o vbe3.o mouse.o
>
> Drop all these "cc" lines.  They won't work, for three reasons:
>
> 1) You indented them with only a space.  Unix Makefile syntax insists on
> a literal <TAB> character.
>
> 2) 'cc' is not the name of the compiler.  write $(CC), or just 'gcc',
>    instead.
>
> 3) If you provide the commands to be run, with all their arguments, Make
>    can't properly carry out the automatic filename substitutions governed
>    by your "vpath" directives above.
>
> > I get the output
> > "make.exe: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop."
>
> > Why is it saying this? As far as I can tell I have a valid target,
>
> You didn't *name* one, on the "make" command line, is what this
> message means.
>
> > and the makefile is *definitely* there (I'm not that dumb - or am i
> > :) )
>
> Just to be sure: check that "dir makefile" really does list the file
> as just "makefile", _Not_ "makefile.txt" or some other Windows
> silliness that you wouldn't see in the default settings of Explorer.
>
> Never trust what Explorer shows you unless you changed the relevant
> settings yourself.
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.