Date:	Thu, 28 Apr 94 09:32:59 -0400
From:	dj AT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To:	Martin DOT Haltmayer AT uni-augsburg DOT de
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: make

> I tried to use make 3.69 delivered with djgpp 2.5.7. I have a makefile
> as follows:

> .SUFFIXES: .uco .uni
> .uni.uco:;uq4g -b -c$*
> altdialo.uco:
> dialog.uco:
> mignumme.uco:

> Now I update the according .uni-files (altdialo.uni, dialog.uni, mignumme.uni)
> by an editor. The timestamp says that the .uco's are out of date.
> Now I try 'make'. Only the command to update the first target altdialo.uco
> is executed, although *all* the targets are out of date ('dir' shows me).
> Why? Thanks in advance.

Make, by default, tries to build the *first* target in a Makefile.  If
you wanted them all built, you'd need a line at the beginning like
this:

	all : altdialo.uco dialog.uco mignumme.uco

instead of the three .uco:'s you have.

This is the way all Makes *except* microsoft's original make work.

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