On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 12:58, John Batistic wrote: > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 22:58, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:51:12PM +1200, John Batistic wrote: > > > On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 21:42, Colin Watson wrote: > > > > Keep it simple and realize that this level of 'make' use is not all that > > > > magic. '-I$(INCLUDES)' doesn't work because it expands to > > > > '-I-I/usr/share/qt/include -I/etc/kde2/include', which is obviously > > > > wrong. Just try this: > > > > > > > > $(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) $(LFLAGS) -o helloworld helloworld.o $(LIBS) > > > > > > Some progress. > > > That results in: > > > makefile:8: *** missing separator. Stop. > > > (your suggested line is line 8 and I copy/pasted it) > > > > Did you break the formatting in your original file? Commands in rules > > *must* be prefixed with a tab character. > > > > You might want to read the make documentation - it's very comprehensive. > > > Colin > > You are quite right. I had, in my enthusiam, omitted the leading tab. > > I have discovered that if I use the following as a makefile: > ************************************************************** > [1]helloworld: helloworld.o > [3] pwd > *************************************************************** > the result is: > *************************************************************** > jbat@xxxx:~/gcc/kde$ make > [2]g++ -c -o helloworld.o helloworld.cpp > *************************************************************** > This replicates the result that I get from using the sample makefile. > ref[1] produces ref[2] without regard to the ref[3] > > Is this: > an incorrect sample makefile > or a make default > or a make bug > ??? > My blunder. I found a typo in the makefile and discovered that the makefile started processing at the end, not the beginning.
Thanks for all the input. Humbly John Batistic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
