URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17740>
Summary: make fails without any message Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Thursday 09/14/2006 at 13:44 UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Bug Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Component Version: 3.81 Operating System: None Fixed Release: None _______________________________________________________ Details: make 3.81 fails without any hint on why: jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> ./usr/bin/make M=rcmd pkg make: *** [pkg] Error 2 jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> whereas make 3.80 tells me why: jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> make M=rcmd pkg make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/lhome/seved/xx/no-file', needed by `/lhome/seved/xx/obj/rcmd/.deps/rcmd_client.d'. Stop. make: *** [pkg] Error 2 jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> make -v GNU Make 3.80 Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> ./usr/bin/make -v GNU Make 3.81 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program built for i486-pc-linux-gnu jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> Found after several hours of detective work. The cause is that a dependency file contains a dep. to a file that does not exist and has no rule for creation. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17740> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make