Re: Circular dependency dropping error

2000-07-12 Thread Charles Howes
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: > Not in the makefile you sent in your message. There's a target %.gif > that can be built from %.ppm, but there's no implicit rule that shows > how to build anything (including %.ppm) from %.gif. > > Either you overlooked it, or the makefile I received

Re: Circular dependency dropping error

2000-07-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Regarding Re: Circular dependency dropping error; you wrote: ch> % ls -la asdf.gif ch> asdf.gif ch> % make asdf.png ch> make: *** No rule to make target `asdf.png'. Stop. >> This is correct, right? ch> No, there is a rule for %.png <- %.ppm, and a rule for %.ppm <- ch> %.gif.

Re: Circular dependency dropping error

2000-07-12 Thread Charles Howes
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Paul D. Smith wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:50:57 -0400 (EDT) > From: Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Charles Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Circular dependency dropping error > > %% Charles Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: Circular dependency dropping error

2000-07-12 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Charles Howes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ch> Using make version 3.79.1, on Linux 2.2.16 with glibc-2.1.2. ch> % ls -la asdf.gif ch> asdf.gif ch> % make asdf.png ch> make: *** No rule to make target `asdf.png'. Stop. This is correct, right? ch> % make asdf.ppm ch>

Circular dependency dropping error

2000-07-12 Thread Charles Howes
Hi! Using make version 3.79.1, on Linux 2.2.16 with glibc-2.1.2. Trying to write a makefile for the netpbm utilities http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=5128 to convert between any two graphics formats. % ls -la asdf.gif asdf.gif % make asdf.png make: *** No rule to make target