Re: Two make questions
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 18:55:02 -0500, Ian Pellew wrote:
To question #1:
Even GNU Make has no way for a makefile to determine its own name.
To question #2:
Enter an empty .SUFFIXES rule to delete the existing suffix priority list and
create a new one like:
.SUFFIXES:
.SUFFIXES: .ec .cc .c .h .o
This will make the priority the .ec file.
Art S. Kagel
> Hi;
>
> Two questions on make:-
> 1.
> How can I get the name of the makefile into a usable variable? IE $MK =
> makefile if I use makefile
> = Makefile if I am using Makefile
> = whatever if I run `make '''f whatever`.
> ===========
> 2.
> I am compiling Informix .ec files and ask how can I force '''make' to compile
> the .ec file rather than the .c left over from a previous erroneous compile.
> Eg:-
> $ make
> cgi_env.ec: In function `dl_our_tag':
> cgi_env.ec:2695: `n' undeclared (first use in this function) cgi_env.ec:2695:> (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once cgi_env.ec:2695: for each
> function it appears in.) cgi_env.ec:2695: parse error before "strcpy" ***
> Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `cgi_env.o'
>
> I have now corrected the cgi_env.ec file.
>
> $ make
> cgi_env.ec: In function `dl_our_tag':
> cgi_env.ec:2695: `n' undeclared (first use in this function) etc.>
> My make file fragment is:-
> .SUFFIXES : .o .4gl .ec .c
> .4gl.o :
> @$(ESQL) $(ESQLFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $<
> .ec.o :
> @$(ESQL) $(ESQLFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $<
> .c.o :
> @$(ESQL) $(ESQLFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $<
>
> If I `rm cgi_env.c` '''make' works OK.
>
> Regards
> Ian