On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 11:28 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, OK, is perhaps this message, > make: *** No rule to make target `zzzzz', needed by `aaaaa'. Stop. > is actually triggered by several different conditions, and could > instead be refashioned into several more exact messages, e.g., no rule > at all, no best rule, etc.
Sorry, but I don't agree with your premise. This message is triggered by one, and exactly one, situation: make couldn't find a rule to build that target. It looked for an explicit rule and didn't find one; it looked for an implicit rule and didn't find one. So it gave up. If make had found one, it would have used it. I don't understand the distinction you're making here between "no rule at all" and "no best rule" (what's a "best rule"?), and just "no rule". Maybe if you could be more precise in your definitions I'd be able to see what you're looking for. Cheers! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.us "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
