Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
>
> Hello all!
>
> I get with different make files and different sources error messages like
> the following:
>
> make: *** No rule to make target ../libvncauth/libvncauth.a', needed by
> `vncviewer'. Stop.
>
> But the path is okay, and the Makefile in ../libvncauth *has* a target
> "libvncauth.a".
>
> What is going wrong?
>
> Example situation:
>
> $ mkdir testsuit
> $ mkdir testsuit/room
> $ cat > testsuit/room/Makefile
> world: ../hello
> echo "world!"
> ^D
> $ cat > testsuit/Makefile
> hello:
> echo "Hello, "
> ^D
> $ cd testsuit/room
> $ make world
> make: *** No rule to make target ../hello', needed by `World'. Stop.
>
Well. Make is just not made to support this. The usual solution for this
problem is:
world: ../hello
echo "world!"
../hello:
(cd .. && $(MAKE) hello)
I haven't tested it, but it *should* work.
Greets, Stephan
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