Re: gmake error: No rule to make target lib_file.a

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On May 3, 9:15 pm, Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov-...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "D3|\\||\\|!$" <e.kaba...@gmail.com> writes:
> > The code is compiling properly but when I hit make, the compiler is
> > throwing up the following error:
> > gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target `lib_file.a,', needed by
> > `project_name'. Stop.
>
> This error does not come from the compiler at all.
> It comes from 'make'.

Yes I understand this... ;-)

> > Seems something is wrong with the make options but I haven't changed
> > any of the defaults..
>
> Make utility is driven by a Makefile, which your IDE wrote for you.
> Unfortunately, that Makefile is incorrect, and you'll likely have
> to fix it by hand (or find how to make KDevelop do the right thing).
>
> > Please Help!!!
>
> Tell us what your Makefile looks like, or ask for help in one of
> the many KDevelop forums.

The directory structure looks something like following:
[-]project_dir
   [-]project_subdir
         src (contains the source files)
         include (contains the headers accessed by the source files)
         lib_folder (contains the .a files containing the definitions
of the functions declared in the headers in include.)


Both project_dir and project_subdir have a makefile each.
Also, project_dir name == project_subdir name == name_of_project
Here is what the makefile in project_subdir looks like..
(Guess this is the one which has to deal with the stuff!!! Sorry to
say but I'm a "makefile-challenged" person... :-(( )


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pkglibdir = $(libdir)/name_of_project
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******************************************************************************************************


I guess I'm not properly pointing to the .a files needed in the
compile/link process..
I supplied the directory path as a linker flag("-
Lpath_of_lib_folder"). And mentioned the name of the .a to be searched
into the additional libraries space.. It uses multiple .a(s).
Initially it was throwing an error with the very first .a that I
mentioned. So I tried fixing it by adding a -l to the .a files viz. -
llib_file1.a lib_file2.a lib_file3.a...
Now it doesn't throw an error with the first file but the same error
is thrown with the second file - lib_file2.a. When I tried appending
the -l to the other files, the make is not able to locate it at all...

Warm Regards,
D3|\||\|!$