Makers, I think that make's diagnostics when a sub-process exits with an error status are insufficient. People are not understanding that the problem does not lie with make itself. I'm aware that some people will never understand, but I think make could do more to explain the problem to the user than it currently does. It does not 'point the finger' at its subprocesses enough IMNSHO.
I suggest that just before make prints the diagnostic: make[x]: *** [target] Error NNN ...it should additionally print another diagnostic: make[x]: *** Subprocess 'argv[0]' exited with error status NNN I claim this will reduce the number of posts to this list from confused Windows users with broken compilers, and thus save everyone time. --m@ Matthew Sanderson Senior Programmer (UNIX) TCG Information Systems Pty Ltd Sydney, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.formtrap.com/ +61 (02) 8303 2407 _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
