X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: change in behavior of make from 3.80 to 3.81
Date:	Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:36:27 +0100
Message-ID:	<007301c6bfd0$8d781dc0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version:	1.0
X-Mailer:	Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To:	<6.2.3.4.2.20060814142135.0eb85ac0@pop.biz.rr.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 14 August 2006 19:29, Bill Hoffman wrote:

> 3.80 does this:
> 
> make -f test.make
> make: *** No rule to make target `C:/foo', needed by `foo'.  Stop.
> 
> 
> 3.81 does this:
> make -f test.make
> test.make:1: *** target pattern contains no `%'. Stop.
> 
> test.make contains:
> foo: C:/foo
> 
> So, in 3.80 windows style driver letter : path worked with make.
> In 3.81, it no longer does.   Is this expected, can the old
> way be brought back?

  Search the archives, and read the release announcement for the new make
version.

  Every single day for the past month, we have had at least seventy-four[*]
identical duplicate redundant reports of this from people who haven't bothered
to check if it was already known.

    cheers,
      DaveK

[*] - exaggeration.  But not by much.
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -