Re: Updating local makefile

[Greg Chicares]

Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
> 
>       So I got this broken rule...
> 
> hidden at the end of all the auto-build/auto-distribute scripts
> embedded in the master toplevel makefile; I have the following rule:
> ####################################################
> $(CURDIR)/Makefile:$(CURDIR)/globalconfig/Makefile
>         @echo -n "Updating address@hidden "
>         @cp -f $< $@
>         @echo "Done."
> ####################################################
> 
> And for some reason it just doesn't work.

This is what happens if I try that here.

  C:/tmp[3]$make -f Makefile
  c:\usr\bin\make.EXE: *** No rule to make target   
`C:/tmp/globalconfig/Makefile',
  needed by `C:/tmp/Makefile'.  Stop.

Does the subdirectory exist?

  C:/tmp[2]$mkdir globalconfig
  C:/tmp[0]$make -f Makefile
  c:\usr\bin\make.EXE: *** No rule to make target 
`C:/tmp/globalconfig/Makefile',
  needed by `C:/tmp/Makefile'.  Stop.

Does the makefile exist in the subdirectory?

  C:/tmp[2]$touch globalconfig/Makefile
  C:/tmp[0]$make -f Makefile
  Updating C:/tmp/Makefile... Done.

> (I thought that all makefiles were goal targets).

But remaking them may fail.