Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 17:03:03 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: CRETEL Dominique <dominique DOT cretel AT cfwb DOT be>
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Subject: Re: Help for Makefile
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, CRETEL Dominique wrote:

> Here is the Makefile, but I don't understand why make want to execute 
> the built library!!!

It's because of this line:

RANLIb   = ranlib

See that lower-case `b' at the end of `RANLIb'?  This leaves the variable 
$(RANLIB) (with the upper-case `B') undefined, i.e. empty, and then the 
command in this rule:

$(BIB): $(ELTS)
        $(RANLIB) $@ 

expands into " libsfl.a".  The leading blanks are stripped, and the rest 
is history, as they say ;-).