Using 3.81beta3, it seems that one of our pattern rules CFLAGS_$(d) := -DFOO
$(d)/%.o: $(d)/%.c -lfoo -lbar $(CC) $(CFLAGS_$(@D)) ... is dropped without notice when -lbar is not found. Note that LIBPATTERNS is nullified, and -lfoo and -lbar are explicit .INTERMEDIATE targets (or are supposed to be when they're present). Then, the default %.o: %.c rule matches, but cannot properly compile the source because of missing CFLAGS. This seems like a bug, because there is absolsutely no notice that the rule was dropped or the dependency could not be found. Maybe this issue rises from LIBPATTERNS code, and thus slips thru the cracks. I've moved a HUGE source tree over to a non-recursive make model. Fortunately this is the only bug we've hit so far, IIRC. I've debugged and debugged. Rest assured that $(d) is defined correctly, etc, etc. The only way to trigger it is to remove the rule definition for -lbar. - Bill -- William Ahern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------- This message was scanned for Spam, Spyware and Viruses For more information, please visit: http://www.barracudanetworks.com _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make