Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 08:03:53 +0530 (IST)
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From: Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Make Problems
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> i recently downloaded GNU Make 3.79 and have encountered
> some erratic behavior with it.
> 
> When i invoke it from certain directories it won't
> detect my makefile.
> 
> e.g.
> when i execute make.exe file in c:\dev\proj i get this message:
> 
> 	make.exe: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

DJGPP utilties treat /dev as a special directory, so you shouldn't put
anything in /dev or any of its subdirectories.

Ex: /dev/env/DJDIR is the environment variable DJDIR.

So, if you make a directories like this, you won't get what you
expect.