RE: make fails ...

Carlos Magno Ferrao da Silva (cmagno@edinfor.pt)
Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:47:48 +-100


I post the same problem few days ago in this mailing list.
With the help of many people that I would like to thanks now, I solved =
it using=20
the following patch to make utility:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/make/make-3.74-direntfix-elf.tgz =
(100212)

Good Luck.
cmagno@edinfor.pt
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From: Andi Gutmans[SMTP:andi@actcom.co.il]
Sent: ter=E7a-feira, 12 de mar=E7o de 1996 12:05
To: Robert Anthony Nader
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: make fails ...

Hi.

happened to me too. I just downloaded the latest version of make and=20
reinstalled. No idea why it happened.

Andi Gutmans =20

On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Robert Anthony Nader wrote:

> Hi,
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> I'm sure I read somthing like it from this list a few days ago.
> I shouldn't delete things so quickly ;)
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> Are there archives of this mailing list, if so where?
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> As some already know ... I've upgraded to ELF gcc2.7.2,libc.5.2.18,
> g++thelatest, binutils, etc ...
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> when I try and 'make' anything I get:
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> # make
> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
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> The makefile is Makefile so I try=20
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> # make -f Makefile
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> and for some packages it works, but not for others, like I'm trying
> to compile xfilemanager0.41 after a xmkmf and I get:
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> [120][ root@linuxbox:/usr/src/xfilemanager/ ]
> # make -f Makefile=20
> make: *** No rule to make target `main.o', needed by `xfilemanager'.
> Stop.
> [121][ root@linuxbox:/usr/src/xfilemanager/ ]
> # make -f Makefile all
> make: *** No rule to make target `main.o', needed by `xfilemanager'.
> Stop.
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> Yet the Makefile has ...
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> SRCS =3D main.c dir.c file.c graph.c action.c menu.c action_move.c
> action_copy.c action_delete.c action_exec.c action_newdir.c =20
> multi.c single.c grab.c folder.c iconbar.c customize.c =20
> workspace.c about.c Clock.c transform.c devices.c action_link.c =
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> popup.c
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> OBJS =3D main.o dir.o file.o graph.o action.o menu.o action_move.o
> action_copy.o action_delete.o action_exec.o action_newdir.o
> multi.o single.o grab.o folder.o iconbar.o customize.o
> workspace.o about.o Clock.o transform.o devices.o action_link.o
> popup.o
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> PROGRAM =3D xfilemanager
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> all:: xfilemanager
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> xfilemanager: $(OBJS) $(DEPLIBS)
> $(RM) $@
> $(CCLINK) -o $@ $(LDOPTIONS) $(OBJS) $(LOCAL_LIBRARIES) /
> $(LDLIBS) $(EXTRA_LOAD_FLAGS)
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> +++++++++++
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> Any ideas most welcome,
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> I'll be trying the same make after rebooting with 1.2.13elf or 1.3.20=
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> but thought I might ask ;)
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> ps: i compiled the 1.3.72 kernel while running 1.2.13 ok.
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> # make -v
> GNU Make version 3.74
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> TIA,
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> --=20
> Cheers,
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> Rob -
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