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Re: Problem with dependencies


From: Stefano Lattarini
Subject: Re: Problem with dependencies
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 10:14:15 +0100
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On Saturday 05 November 2011, Stefan  wrote:
> Hi automake list!
> 
> I'm trying to write a Makefile(.am) to make pdf plots from R scripts.
> Hence the plot is depending on the script and the data. What I tried
> is:
> 
> SUFFIXES = .R .data .pdf
> 
> .R
>       make R script executable
>
[Nit: does this rule really work?]
 
> .R.pdf:
>       Do stuff
> 
> .data.pdf:
>       Do the same stuff as for .R
> 
> in the Makefile.am (plus a bit of other settings).
>
> For changes in the R-script, the pdfs are updated, but not if I
> change something in the data.
>
Weird... can you show a complete, working example? (i.e., post a
reduced but working Makefile.am, and the exact commands you use
to update a *.R and/or *.data file and to rebuild the associated
*.pdf file).  Also, telling us which make version you are using
would be useful.

> What am I doing wrong, here?
> 
> greetings,
> 
> Stefan
> 

Regards,
  Stefano



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