%% "Dr. David Kirkby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: dk> make[1]: Entering directory `/export/home/davek/atlc/src' dk> cd .. && \ dk> --gnu src/Makefile dk> /bin/bash: --gnu: command not found
dk> /bin/bash does exist by the way, but seems unwillig to accept the dk> --gnu option. Nope, that's not what this means. The error is not _about_ bash, it's being generated _by_ bash. Look more closely at the command line you're running: extracting the backslash it's: cd .. && --gnu src/Makefile That tells the shell it should cd to .., then if that succeeds run the program after the &&, which is --gnu, with an argument src/Makefile. There is no program "--gnu" on your system, so bash reports this error: --gnu: command not found It seems pretty obvious that there's something missing in this command line. Probably in the makefile there's a variable there that's supposed to hold the name of the command, but for some reason it contains no value so it's being expanded to the empty string. That's about all I can tell you at this point, but you can stop going mad about this particular message now, at least! :) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.paulandlesley.org "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
