Re: compiling error

[Jeph Cowan]

Hi Ralf.

Thanks for the quick reply. I tried the GNU-make and had the same results:

  ...
> Making all in man
> make[2]: Entering directory `/ptmp/jeph/coreutils-6.12/man'
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `\.x', needed by `\.1'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/ptmp/jeph/coreutils-6.12/man'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/ptmp/jeph/coreutils-6.12'
> make: *** [all] Error 2

I have not had time yet to try the suggested work around but a patch would be very 
helpful. Thanks again for your help.

Best Regards... -jeph

Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Jeph Cowan <jeph <at> ucar.edu> writes:
> > > Making all in man
> > >         cd .. && make  am--refresh
> > > make: 1254-002 Cannot find a rule to create target \.x from dependencies.
> > > Stop.
> > > make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.
>
> Try using GNU make instead of the native one.
> The  $(NO_INSTALL_PROGS_DEFAULT:%=%.x)  construct in man/Makefile.am
> is GNU make-specific.  It can be worked around for example by computing
> the substitution in configure.ac, or by letting configure output another
> variable that has a nonempty suffix to give to $(var:suf1=suf2).
>
> I can write a patch if you like.
>
> Cheers,
> Ralf
>
>
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