On Wed, 2016-06-29 at 14:03 -0400, LMH wrote: > #create build directory if it doesn't exist > $(BDIR): > @mkdir -p $(BDIR) > > all: $(BDIR)/SMD2_i386.exe
Here you've created a target $(BDIR), but your "all" target depends only on the object file $(BDIR)/SMD2_i386.exe. Since nothing depends on the actual target $(BDIR), make will never try to build that target. In order for this to work you'd need to define the directory as a prerequisite of the target which needs it, which in this case is $(BDIR)/SMD2_i386.exe, so you'd need to write: $(BDIR)/SMD2_i386.exe : <other prereqs> $(BDIR) However, you should generally not have targets depend on directories, because make treats them just like any other file when it checks modification times; however directories do not act like normal files when it comes to modification times. I usually just use: $(shell mkdir -p $(BDIR)) but other people prefer order-only prerequisites: $(BDIR)/SMD2_i386.exe : <other prereqs> | $(BDIR) (note the extra "|" there). Check the GNU make manual for details. Note these are all specific to GNU make and not portable to other versions of make. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list Help-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
