Re: make

Samuel Koods (sam@ns.cnsnet.net)
Sat, 15 Jun 1996 17:54:35 -0500 (CDT)

James M. Cassidy wrote:
>
> > > On Fri, 14 Jun 1996, Mait Mandel wrote:
> > > > For the last two days I get the error:
> > > > make: *** No rule to make target '../(whatever)/..' . Stop.
> > > > or make: *** No targets and makefile found. Stop.
> > > > Although there is a Makefile in the directory and there are targets (all:
> > > > , install: , whatever else) in the Makefile.
> >
> > Extract from the file release.libc-5.2.18 by H.J. <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
> > found on sunsite and other mirrors (if anyone has bothered to do some basic
> > "read-before-you-install" kinda thing!)
>
> Well for your information I did read the release notes. I did recompile
> make and I STILL have the problem with the new excutable. Not too mention
> the little probablem their talking about should cause any problems with the
> old executables. When it comes to executing binaries your computer doesn't
> care what you use for variables name it removes them anyways in compilation
> unelss you tell it to include them for debugging.
>

Good observation! My make worked fine when I was using a pre libc-5.2.xx
library. When I updated my libc, I had the exact same problem as mentioned
above - "No rule to make target" with same binary. I immediately got the
patch for make-3.74 and compiled it in. And now make is normal. So what did
I do that broke a working executable? I updated my libc. Ever tried
removing /lib/libc.so* with the hope of installing the new ones? (** Please
DON'T try it! None of your binaries will work after that unless you reboot
from different drive and fix the symlinks **) Please don't think in terms of
DOS .EXEs. Do a man on ld.so for further details. The issue is deeper than
just mere variables.

So patch your make with dirent bug patch & re-compile. This will make make
happy :)

-- 
Samuel Koods
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