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Re: error reporting
From: |
Philip Guenther |
Subject: |
Re: error reporting |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Apr 2014 21:26:56 -0700 |
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Rob Juergens <address@hidden> wrote:
> Given the make file (makefile):
>
> ----------------------------------
> foo : bar
> ----------------------------------
>
> gmake 3.75 gives this:
>
> gmake: *** No rule to make target 'bar', needed by 'foo'. Stop.
>
> gmake 4.0 gives this:
>
> gmake: ***. stop.
>
> This has caused a lot of time trying to figure out what is wrong with the
> makefile. A big step backward in error reporting.
>
> Please fix this.
I am unable to reproduce this:
: morgaine; ls -l
total 2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 guenther wheel 10 Apr 7 21:22 Makefile
: morgaine; cat Makefile
foo : bar
: morgaine; gmake --version
GNU Make 4.0
Built for x86_64-unknown-openbsd5.5
Copyright (C) 1988-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
: morgaine; gmake
gmake: *** No rule to make target 'bar', needed by 'foo'. Stop.
: morgaine;
What information about your situation did you leave out?
Philip Guenther
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- Re: error reporting, Paul Smith, 2014/04/08
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- RE: error reporting, Rob Juergens, 2014/04/08
- Re: error reporting, Paul Smith, 2014/04/08
- RE: error reporting, Rob Juergens, 2014/04/08
- Re: error reporting, Paul Smith, 2014/04/08
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