PROBLEM SUMMARY:
Running make with the -n option shows that my archive file will be
updated.
When I run make "for real" the archive update does not occur.
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106> make --version
GNU Make version 3.78.1, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Built for i386-redhat-linux-gnu
Copyright (C) 1988, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99
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.
Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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SAMPLE RUN
142> pwd
/home/kenh/KAH/src/util
143> make -n
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include misc.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include read.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include symbol.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include scan.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include icutil.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include euler.c
echo Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include iobuf.c
echo Compilation Complete
ar rv /home/kenh/lib/util.a misc.o read.o symbol.o scan.o icutil.o
euler.o iobuf.o
ranlib /home/kenh/lib/util.a
echo Library Update Complete
** This is exactly what I expect.
However, when I run make for real the archive update doe not take place.
144> make
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include misc.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include read.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include symbol.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include scan.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include icutil.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include euler.c
Compilation Complete
gcc -c -O -I/home/kenh/KAH/src/include iobuf.c
Compilation Complete
** No archive update!
I have a clone of this makefile (other than file names) in another
source directory and it executes correctly on the same archive file!
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makefile: attached
System:
Intel Pentium 3, 730 MHz, 500 Mb memory
Linux version 2.2.14-VA.2.1 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-2.91
.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release))
Kenneth Hopping
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
home: 425-861-1762
work: 253-773-9071
#
# makefile for General Utility functions
#
# K.Hopping 11/22/88
CC = gcc -c
ARCH = ar rv
LINK = gcc -o
TOUCH = touch
INCL = /usr/include
PRINT = lpr
DEL = rm
MSG = @ echo
###### home directory
HOME = util
###### object library
OLIB = util.a
###### root directory
ROOT = /home/kenh
###### library directory
LIB = $(ROOT)/lib
###### parent directory
HOST = $(ROOT)/KAH/src
###### source directory
SOURCE = $(HOST)/$(HOME)
###### include directory
INCLUDE = $(HOST)/include
###### target library
LIBRARY = $(LIB)/$(OLIB)
######
C = $(SOURCE)/
H = $(INCLUDE)/
CFLAGS = -O
HEADER = -I$(INCLUDE)
FILES = misc.o read.o symbol.o scan.o icutil.o euler.o iobuf.o
#
# Production rules
#
.h :
$(TOUCH) $@
.c.o :
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(HEADER) $<
$(LIBRARY) : $(LIBRARY)($(FILES))
$(ARCH) $@ $?
ranlib $@
$(MSG) Library Update Complete
$(LIBRARY)(%.o) : %.o
$(MSG) Compilation Complete
LP_ALL :
$(PRINT) misc.c read.c symbol.c scan.c
$(PRINT) icutil.c euler.c iobuf.c
$(PRINT) $(H)iodef.h $(H)symdef.h
#
## Dependencies
#
misc.o : misc.c
misc.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)err.h
read.o : read.c
read.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)err.h
symbol.o : symbol.c
symbol.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)err.h $(H)symdef.h
scan.o : scan.c
scan.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)err.h $(INCL)/math.h
icutil.o : icutil.c
icutil.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)type.h
euler.o : euler.c
euler.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)glob.h $(H)type.h
iobuf.o : iobuf.c
iobuf.o : $(H)compile.h $(H)iodef.h
