Re: dmake, GNU make, gcc, and auto-dependencies

[stuarts at icpdd dot neca dot nec dot com dot au (Stuart Summerville)]

>dependencies, invented by Tom Tromey for use in automake.  I did a
>writeup of it; you can find it on my GNU make webpage below.

Hi Paul. I read your advanced auto-dependency generation webpage - very
interesting/useful read.

Unfortunately, I have a more pressing problem with my make environment.
Sometimes the problem doesn't occur, but usually it does.

In debugging this problem, I'm down to the following makefile:

#-------------------------------
fred:
	@echo "doin' it!!"
#-------------------------------

If I make the following call from my c-shell:

> make -f ./makefile fred

I would expect it to execute the echo command, and then exit. Unfortunately, I
get the following error:

#-------------------------------
', needed by `fred'.  Stop.arget `
#-------------------------------

This is happening on two solaris 2.5.1 boxes, running gnu make V3.76.1. The same
makefile (actually a more convoluted version with the same problem) works fine
on a Win32 box running cygnus make port.

Any ideas? This is driving me crazy.

Regards, sTu.
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