Re: Locating an error in makefile

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 2010.04.19 16:11, Mahmood Naderan wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to <make> a project, but the problem is, in the middle of
> the process I get an error:
> make[13]: *** No rule to make target `librecognize.a'. Stop.
> make[12]: *** [recognize] Error 2
> make[11]: *** [facet_1] Error 2
> make[10]: *** [facet_1] Error 2
> make[9]: *** [core] Error 2
> make[8]: *** [logic2] Error 2
> make[7]: *** [CM] Error 2
> make[6]: *** [CM] Error 2
> make[5]: *** [CM] Error 2
> make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> 1- what does "make [N]" mean? are they showing the stack trace?
Mean recursive invocation of make up to 14 level.

> 2- That library file is actually existed. My question is how can I trace
> to see what is the problem exactly. For example since the file exists,
> the problem maybe with paths.
In last makefile your library may not be accessed. Check it first.
You can see where it in string like

  make[20]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/d/tmp/1/dir/dir2'

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