Why make complains though implicit rule is present ..

[sharan basappa]

I have a make file that includes dependency files created automatically by a 
shell command :

ifneq "$(MAKECMDGOALS)" "clean"
 include $(dependencies)
endif

%.d: %.c
       $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(TARGET_ARCH) -M $< | \
       $(SED) 's,\($(notdir $*)\.o\) *:,$(dir $@)\1 $@: ,' > address@hidden
       $(MV) address@hidden $@

The source files (from which .d files are created) are present in 
subdirectories.

When I execute this make file (using make -f SmallPrjMain.mk --just-print 
--debug=verbose), make terminates with error that rule to make .d file is 
not present.

This looks odd to me since rule %.d : %.c is right there in the make file..

I can send more details if required; I believe this question might have 
appeared many a times in this forum, so I did not attach too many details ..

BTW, the output of make is :

Reading makefiles...
Reading makefile `SmallPrjMain.mk'...
Reading makefile `dir1/dir1.mk' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `dir1/print1dir1.d' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
SmallPrjMain.mk:36: dir1/print1dir1.d: No such file or directory
Reading makefile `dir1/print2dir1.d;' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
SmallPrjMain.mk:36: dir1/print2dir1.d;: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `dir1/print2dir1.d;'.  Stop.

Regards,
Sharan

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