On Sat, May 08, 2010 at 03:58:48PM -0700, Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Payal <[email protected]> wrote: > ... > > $ cat Makefile2 > > libfashion.a : libfashion(ready.o) > > �...@ranlib $@ > > libfashion.a(ready.o) : ready.o > > ar rv libfashion.a $^ > ... > > Why is ar trying to make libfashion when I told it EXPLICTLY to make > > libfashion.a? > > Strangely, when I remove first 2 lines, ar behaves correctly like below. > > Did you actually *read* those first two lines when you deleted them? > I.e., "in order to build libfashion.a, first build..."
Thanks a lot, Philip. I will try it the first thing when I go to my work PC. But still that doesn't answer, | Why is ar trying to make libfashion when I told it EXPLICTLY to make | libfashion.a? Thanks again. With warm regards, -Payal -- P.S. Since english is not my first language, I might miss some of the hints you give. _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
