make3.79 bug in VC6/win32 build (timestamp related)

2000-06-01 Thread Dean Fitzgerald
I have a bug to report that is apparently restricted to the win32 platform. This bug did not occur on rh6-linux with make3.79 when I tested there. In the makefile are two sets of object files, OBJS1, OBJS2, and correspondingly two sets of source files, CSRC1, CSRC2. There are also two timestamp

Re: Time stamp checking with archive targets.

2000-06-01 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% John Paden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jp> I tested this a bit I think it's a bug. However, I'm not jp> completely familiar with make so I could have overlooked jp> something. Your makefile has a bug. jp> all: $(LIBNAME)($(OBJS)) jp> $(LIBNAME)($(OBJS)) : $(OBJS) This last line

Time stamp checking with archive targets. (fwd)

2000-06-01 Thread John Paden
(If you already have this... I'm sorry. I've been having some problems with mail on by local machine so I decided to send it from another machine) Hello, I tested this a bit I think it's a bug. However, I'm not completely familiar with make so I could have overlooked something. I look

Time stamp checking with archive targets.

2000-06-01 Thread John Paden
Hello, I tested this a bit I think it's a bug. However, I'm not completely familiar with make so I could have overlooked something. I looked at the online manual at: http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/manual/make/html_node/make_toc.html http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/manual/make/html_node/make_112.h

Re: GNU Make

2000-06-01 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% John Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: je> I am using the cygwin Make under NT4. I am having a problem using je> the automatic variables $(*F) and $(*D) in my makefile, they don't je> hold any value. The other automatic variables such as $(@F) and je> $( DUMMY_2 = $(OBJECTS:.o=.d2)

GNU Make

2000-06-01 Thread John Elliott
Hi, I am using the cygwin Make under NT4. I am having a problem using the automatic variables $(*F) and $(*D) in my makefile, they don't hold any value. The other automatic variables such as $(@F) and $(> depend.d $(DUMMY_2) : @ rm $(*D)/$(*F).d make -f makefile.dbg $(*D)/$(*F)

Re: Assertion failure in make 3.78.1

2000-06-01 Thread Paul D. Smith
This is PR/1586, already fixed in the latest release of GNU make. -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://www.ultranet.com/~pauld/gma

Assertion failure in make 3.78.1

2000-06-01 Thread Evan Deaubl
We have run into a bug with GNU make 3.78.1 where it fails an assertion trying to parse a particular Makefile. As suggested, we have reduced the makefile to the smallest one possible that still exhibits the bug. That makefile is attached. The expected output (as per make 3.77) is: make: Nothin