Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 14:45:54 +0100
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199911261345.OAA07262@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: make problem (ARHARHRHHARH)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <199911250131 DOT UAA07684 AT delorie DOT com> you wrote:
> CC = gxx
> CFLAGS = -g -O2
> OBJECTS = main.o

> main.exe : $(OBJECTS)	
> 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o main.exe
              ^^^^^^^^
suspected typo, there. Should be $(CFLAGS).

> %.o : %.c	
> 	$(CC) $(FLAGS) -c $<
            ^^^^^^^^^^
Same, here.

> it says no rule blah blah blah - 

Please make a habit of *not* short-cutting error messages you cite to 
us. In that 'blah blah blah', you've thrown away potentially vital
information about your problem.

Off-hand, I think your problem is that you don't have any rule that
states 'main.o' as coming out of 'main.c'. The implicit pattern rule
(%.o : %.c) alone doesn't do that. You need a line

main.o: main.c

in addition to it. Only for old-style implicit rules (.c.o) and the
'.SUFFIXES' list that goes with it, you can omit the explicit
dependencies completely.

> i have taken this example right out of the manual 

Sure? Including the typos?

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.