Dave <davej2...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I execute: > make src/application/SampleApplication > > I see "Building a Binary" > > When I execute > make src/libraries/PluginOne/libPluginOne.so > > I see "make: Nothing to be done for `src/libraries/PluginOne/ > libPluginOne.so'." > > Can anyone explain why the pattern rule for the binary appears to work, > but the pattern rule for a .so library doesn't?
The "Nothing to be done..." message means that gnu makes considers the target to already be up to date. This means in your case that src/libraries/PluginOne/libPluginOne.so already exists and is newer than src/libraries/PluginOne/libPluginOne.o. It also means that src/libraries/PluginOne/libPluginOne.o is newer than any of its prerequisites. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > # Some Pattern Rules > # > %.o: %.cpp > @echo "Building Object Files" > > %.so: %.o > @echo "Building a Library" > > %: %.o > @echo "Building a Binary" regards Henrik -- The address in the header is only to prevent spam. My real address is: hc3(at)poolhem.se Examples of addresses which go to spammers: r...@localhost postmas...@localhost
