Dave, "error:" != "error". You want to use the following syntax:
$(error 1 ANYTHING is defined ) Possibly a bug in make, as I'd expect it to complain about an undefined function named "error:". Similar constructs are also silently ignored: $(foo This isn't a valid make function) $(bar Neither is this) -Samrobb > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Korn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Cygwin make thinks a statement can be neither true nor > false.... > > > > Haven't got any time to investigate further tonight, and > I'm not sure if > this is a real bug or some misunderstanding of mine, but it > doesn't appear > to be how the documentation ("info make") suggests things should work. > Here's a cut-down testcase: > > -------------snip------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /test/mk-test/test2> ls -lart > total 1 > drwxr-xr-x+ 4 dk Domain U 0 Apr 19 18:47 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 dk Domain U 402 Apr 19 18:49 makefile > drwxr-xr-x+ 2 dk Domain U 0 Apr 19 18:49 . > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /test/mk-test/test2> cat makefile > > ifdef ANYTHING > $(error: 1 ANYTHING is defined ) > endif > ifndef ANYTHING > $(error: 1 ANYTHING is ***NOT*** defined ) > endif > > $(error: PLEASE give me an error. What do I have to do, for > god's sake? > Beg? ) > > $(warning: How about an error, or is even that asking too much of your > mighty in > tellect? ) > > .PHONY: all force > all: force > > force: > echo Does make not use aristotelian two-valued logic > then? > force > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /test/mk-test/test2> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /test/mk-test/test2> make > echo Does make not use aristotelian two-valued logic then? > force > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /test/mk-test/test2> > -------------snip------------- > > Now, shouldn't at least one of those error messages be > displayed? Or have > I failed to understand that they don't get parsed because they're not > required to make sense of the targets and dependencies? > > > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
