Re: % vs. No rule to make target

2008-06-08 Thread jidanni
OK, OK, is perhaps this message, make: *** No rule to make target `z', needed by `a'. Stop. is actually triggered by several different conditions, and could instead be refashioned into several more exact messages, e.g., no rule at all, no best rule, etc.

Re: % vs. No rule to make target

2008-06-08 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 11:28 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, OK, is perhaps this message, make: *** No rule to make target `z', needed by `a'. Stop. is actually triggered by several different conditions, and could instead be refashioned into several more exact messages, e.g., no

Re: % vs. No rule to make target

2008-06-08 Thread jidanni
PS I don't understand the distinction you're making here between no rule PS at all and no best rule (what's a best rule?), and just no rule. Maybe whatever prints messages prefixed by make: *** No rule to make target is called from several different points in the code, and could give finer