Requesting feedback on my makefile

2017-02-24 Thread Richard Cavell
Hello everyone, I have created a small project on github. It is a humble (and unfinished) word-wrapping algorithm written in C, currently consisting of 5 source files and 5 headers. I have been reading the book "Managing Projects with GNU Make", and I have composed a makefile that

Limiting expansion of make variables

2017-04-18 Thread Richard Cavell
Hello all. For debugging purposes, I am trying to put this into my makefile: .PHONY: dumpvars dumpvars: source.c source.h @echo "$(RM) is " $(RM) @echo "$? expands to : " $? and so on. But obviously, Make is expanding all instances of the variables' names. How do I pre

Re: Limiting expansion of make variables

2017-04-18 Thread Richard Cavell
is :' $(RM) @echo "$$^ is :" $^ (Just doubling the $ sign). Richard Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 4:21 PM From: "John Calcote" To: "Richard Cavell" Cc: "Make List" Subject: Re: Limiting expansion of make variables Actually

Error when using example from Mecklenburg book

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Cavell
Hello, everyone. I am attempting to learn GNU Make, and I am indebted to those who provide advice. Thanks in advance. I am reading "Managing Projects with GNU Make" 3rd edition, page 29. It gives an example of a recipe for a "help" target. The book is 12 years old and my OS X ins

Re: Error when using example from Mecklenburg book

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Cavell
Thanks for your reply. I have provided the three things you requested. Richard Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 11:38 PM From: "carl hansen" To: "Richard Cavell" Cc: "Make List" Subject: Re: Error when using example from Mecklenburg book

Re: Error when using example from Mecklenburg book

2017-05-16 Thread Richard Cavell
Attached. Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 12:32 AM From: "carl hansen" To: "Richard Cavell" Cc: "Make List" Subject: Re: Error when using example from Mecklenburg book On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Richard Cavell wrote: something