X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: Subject: RE: Colon in dependencies Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:10:15 +0100 Message-ID: <004f01c6bbb5$27a3d1c0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <467C77F6373BDE4BB16A3E8A62C039555F894B@Exchserv.hatteras.com> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 09 August 2006 13:23, Brian Hassink wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Rene Nitzsche > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:08 AM >> how can I use a colon in dependencies for make? If a dependency contains a >> colon, I get the error *** target pattern contains no `%'. Stop. >> I use GNU Make 3.81 for i686-pc-cygwin, GNU bash, version 3.1.17(6)-release >> (i686-pc-cygwin). >> I had search for a solution in many newsgroups, but I can not found a >> solution. > I've run into the same problem after upgrading to 3.81-1 with dependencies > that contain a drive letter (e.g., x:\foo\bar.c). > > For now I've downgraded back to 3.80-1, but would obviously be interested > in a better solution. Before reporting a problem to the mailing list, it's a good idea to a) read the release announcement, in case what you think is a problem is in fact a by-design feature, and b) search the list archives, in case we've been discussing nothing else for the past fortnight and everyone is heartily sick of going over the same old ground again. cheers, DaveK -- 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/