I *believe*
this shows a bug in gmake in the maintenance of archives.
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running on
Linux SISPC1.ks-t.no 2.4.21-4.EL
#1 Fri Oct 3 18:13:58 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Run the showbug script, this is what I
see:
Here is the makefile, which uses
the fast library maintenance strategy suggested
in O'Reilly's Managing Projects with Make, 0-937175-90-0, 1991 edition,
in the 'Nullifying Rules' section. This works fine on other makes I have used.
--------------------
libsicom.a: libsicom.a(parser.o)
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(?:.o=.c)
ar rv $@ $?; rm -f $?
in O'Reilly's Managing Projects with Make, 0-937175-90-0, 1991 edition,
in the 'Nullifying Rules' section. This works fine on other makes I have used.
--------------------
libsicom.a: libsicom.a(parser.o)
$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(?:.o=.c)
ar rv $@ $?; rm -f $?
.c.a:;
--------------------
here are the files we use
total 100
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 34 Mar 11 09:23 stdmakefile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 42572 Mar 11 09:23 parser.c
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 99 Mar 11 09:23 makefile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 38128 Mar 11 09:23 lex.lc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 637 Mar 11 09:35 ReadMe.txt
-rwxrwxr-x 1 petes forsvar 972 Mar 11 09:38 showbug
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create a library with something in it, not parser.o
a - junk.o
--------------------
show the library contents ...
rw-rw-r-- 5732/302 17648 Mar 11 09:39 2004 junk.o
--------------------
ask make what it has to do to make the library ...
cc -c parser.c
ar rv libsicom.a parser.o; rm -f parser.o
--------------
ask it to do that and watch it fail to do so ...
cc -c
cc: no input files
make: *** [libsicom.a] Error 1
--------------
ask it to make the library with the slow inbuilt rules and watch it work ...
cc -c -o parser.o parser.c
ar rv libsicom.a parser.o
a - parser.o
rm parser.o
--------------------
here are the files we use
total 100
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 34 Mar 11 09:23 stdmakefile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 42572 Mar 11 09:23 parser.c
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 99 Mar 11 09:23 makefile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 38128 Mar 11 09:23 lex.lc
-rw-rw-r-- 1 petes forsvar 637 Mar 11 09:35 ReadMe.txt
-rwxrwxr-x 1 petes forsvar 972 Mar 11 09:38 showbug
--------------------
create a library with something in it, not parser.o
a - junk.o
--------------------
show the library contents ...
rw-rw-r-- 5732/302 17648 Mar 11 09:39 2004 junk.o
--------------------
ask make what it has to do to make the library ...
cc -c parser.c
ar rv libsicom.a parser.o; rm -f parser.o
--------------
ask it to do that and watch it fail to do so ...
cc -c
cc: no input files
make: *** [libsicom.a] Error 1
--------------
ask it to make the library with the slow inbuilt rules and watch it work ...
cc -c -o parser.o parser.c
ar rv libsicom.a parser.o
a - parser.o
rm parser.o
I ask make how it would build the library and it
tells me the correct answer.
Then I ask it to do it, and it can't. What's going on?
Then I ask it to do it, and it can't. What's going on?
Hope somebody feels inspired to find this one, we
have lots of libraries
to move to gmake, and the many at a time technique is quite a lot more
effective
to move to gmake, and the many at a time technique is quite a lot more
effective
Cheers
Pete
Pete
gmakebug.tar.gz
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