Thank-you. This reply was far more helpful than the previous. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:17 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Colon in dependencies
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 02:10:15PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote: >On 09 August 2006 13:23, Brian Hassink wrote: >> From: Rene Nitzsche >> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:08 AM > >>>how can I use a colon in dependencies for make? If a dependency >>>contains a colon, I get the error *** target pattern contains no `%'. >>>Stop. I use GNU Make 3.81 for i686-pc-cygwin, GNU bash, version >>>3.1.17(6)-release (i686-pc-cygwin). I had search for a solution in >>>many newsgroups, but I can not found a solution. > >>I've run into the same problem after upgrading to 3.81-1 with >>dependencies that contain a drive letter (e.g., x:\foo\bar.c). >> >>For now I've downgraded back to 3.80-1, but would obviously be >>interested in a better solution. > >Before reporting a problem to the mailing list, it's a good idea to a) >read the release announcement, in case what you think is a problem is >in fact a by-design feature, and b) search the list archives, in case >we've been discussing nothing else for the past fortnight and everyone >is heartily sick of going over the same old ground again. Yes, what he said. Also, FYI, I posted two scripts for converting a makefile from c:\foo to cygwin path format here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00830.html cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
