From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: "No rule to make target..." makefile problem
Date: 20 Oct 1998 09:38:39 GMT
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Vladimir Taltos (draco AT ttlc DOT net) wrote:
: The makefile I am trying to run (from stock Rom 2.4 Beta Release 6)
: consists of the following:

: > CC      = gcc
: > PROF    = -O -g
: > NOCRYPT =
: > C_FLAGS =  -Wall $(PROF) $(NOCRYPT)
: > L_FLAGS =  $(PROF)
: >
: > O_FILES =  act_comm.o act_enter.o act_info.o act_move.o act_obj.o
: act_wiz.o \
: >                     alias.o ban.o comm.o const.o db.o db2.o effects.o
: fight.o flags.o \
: >                    handler.o healer.o interp.o note.o lookup.o magic.o
: magic2.o \
: >                   music.o recycle.o save.o scan.o skills.o special.o
: tables.o \
: >                    update.o
: >
: > rom: $(O_FILES)
: >          rm -f rom
: >          $(CC) $(L_FLAGS) -o rom $(O_FILES)
: >
: > .c.o: merc.h
: >         $(CC) -c $(C_FLAGS) $<

: This makefile was part of the stock release, and the developer seems to
: have expected it to work. In addition, a highly similar version works
: fine for a freind of mine when he compiles his mud code, the only
: difference being the object files named, since he has a few .c files
: that he has added in the process of customizing his mud.
: However, when I try to run this, I get the error message:
:     "No rule to make target 'act_comm.o', needed by rom. Stop."

[Klippa, klapp, kluppit rest of message.]

Hmm. Read make's info page.

I think that ".c.o: merc.h" says that the file ".c.o (sic!)" depends
on "merc.h". Try "%.o: %.c merc.h" instead. Or remove "merc.h" from
that line and add the line "%.c:: merc.h" instead.


Right,

							MartinS