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Subject: Re: problem with DJGPP's make
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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 19:31:58 GMT
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> The right way to do this is:
>
> %.o : %.cpp $(HDRS)
>
Thanks!! looks a lot less complex :-)
I'm still quite new to working with makefiles, so all
hints like this one are greatly appreciated!!

> Plus, try "make -nr" to show you what make would do without its
> internal rules.  It might help.

OK, it helped! :-)
But I still think the problem is quite strange.
When I ran make -nr, it said
"No rule to make FileByteSource.o, needed by libio.a"

So I Checked out everything in the build rule.
And it seems that spaces are not allowed before a multi-line-indicator (or
whatever the correct
name for a "\" might be in this case :-) )

My include variable was:
INCLUDE = -I. \                  # this is -I.<space>\
                     -ID:/Include

I compared it with a file that DID work, and noticed that the working
file didn't have a space between the "." and the "\"
So I removed the space in the non-working file, and PING!!!!! it worked!!

I'm glad it's solved, but I still think it's quite a strange error.
I wonder if any other people have had the same.

Maybe you should add this to your FAQ,
or is this a problem that also happens with the normal GNU Make?

Anyway, thanks a lot!!

Greets,
Lorenzo