Date:	Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:51:33 +0200
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	Thu, 8 Mar 2001 18:28:29 +0000)
Subject:	Re: Tips to avoid grief with GNU make
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> From: Philip Boucherat <boucheratp AT teccon DOT co DOT uk>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 18:28:29 +0000
> 
> Don't leave whitespace or put comments at end of assignments, for
> example this will cause problems such as not being able to find a source
> file : 
> 
> APPSRCDIR = ./src      # App specific source files
> 
> Do this instead :
> 
> # App specific source files
> APPSRCDIR = ./src
> 
> Make sure source filename letter case (as displayed by ls) matches the
> case as defined in here, otherwise you'll spend hours wondering why make
> keeps coming up with errors like this : 
> 
> sh-2.04$ make ./obj/epsample.o
> make.exe: *** No rule to make target './obj/epsample.o'. Stop.
> sh-2.04$
> 
> Maybe these things are specific to the DJGPP version.

They aren't.  This is how GNU Make behaves on all platforms.

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