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Re: Possible errors in GNU Make manual


From: Paul Smith
Subject: Re: Possible errors in GNU Make manual
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 19:11:59 -0400

On Sun, 2016-07-24 at 17:48 -0500, Ryan Bissell wrote:
> I had a need to read up on these error messages:
> 
> > ‘missing target pattern. Stop.’
> > ‘multiple target patterns. Stop.’
> > ‘target pattern contains no `%'. Stop.’
> > ‘mixed implicit and static pattern rules. Stop.’
> 
> 
> The manual explains all 4 of the above together at
> https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Error-Messages.html
> 
> (For purposes of argument clarity, I will address them out of order)

I agree these are wrong and/or misleading.  Thanks for the note.



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