On Fri, 2023-02-24 at 17:40 +0100, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> Paul Smith wrote:
> > If you use "-d" you'll get the info you want:
> >
> > No implicit rule found for 'default'.
> > Considering target file 'lib'.
> > Finished prerequisites of target file 'lib'.
> > No need to remake ta
Paul Smith wrote:
If you use "-d" you'll get the info you want:
No implicit rule found for 'default'.
Considering target file 'lib'.
Finished prerequisites of target file 'lib'.
No need to remake target 'lib'; using VPATH name 'apps/lib'.
Finished prerequisites of target file
On Fri, 2023-02-24 at 08:44 +0100, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> So I want to create a './lib' directory in
> 'Current Directory', but gnumake won't do it
> since there is a 'lib' under 'apps'. Output:
> gnumake: Nothing to be done for 'default'.
>
> Why doesn't it understand the meaning of '.'?
It doe
Hello list.
I sometimes have issues when a 'VPATH' doesn't
do what I'd like. E.g. in this 'vpath-test.mak'
file:
#
# there is a 'apps/lib' directory here:
#
VPATH = apps
GEN_DIRS = ./lib
default all: $(GEN_DIRS)
$(GEN_DIRS):
mkdir --verbose $@
---
So I want to cr
