> Hello > > I inherited a Solaris Makefile and am converting it to run on Linux > gmake. I have a Makefile that includes the rule: > %.o : %.pl > $(CP) $< $*.o > @echo > (I changed it from a suffix to an implicit rule) > > This rule simply renames a perl script. When I type make -r I get: > #-------------------------------------------------- > # Building nvo_extract_flux > #-------------------------------------------------- > # makeall = announce nvo_extract_flux > # SCRIPTS = nvo_extract_flux.pl > # script_exec = nvo_extract_flux > make: *** No rule to make target `.o', needed by `nvo_extract_flux'. Stop.
any chance $(CP) is the empty string ?? try putting a CP=cp into that Makefile. hofrat _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
