[olug] xmcd Makefile problems

[Jonathan Warren]

Or if the makefile tried to build a static library and it failed but didn't exit you might be seeing this when it tries to use the file that is missing.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 09:43:24PM -0600, Brian Wiese wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 08:49:50 -0600
> Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox..net> wrote:
> 
> |I'm trying to compile xmcd on my RH 7.3 box.  I know just enough about
> |makefiles to open one. The xmcd compile is complaining about a rule for
> |this target:
> |
> |make: *** No rule to make target `../labelh_d/libLabelH.a', needed by
> |`xmcd'.  Stop.
> 
> Try modifing the makefile and replace that ".a" on the end with ".c" ... I
> imagine it is a typo.  The .c files are your C source code, the .h are the
> header files.  hth.
> 
> |The OBJS section of the Makefile contains this entry
> |../labelh_d./libLabelH.a
> |
> |The labelh_d subdirectory is there:
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys          1403 Nov 22 20:56 COPYRIGHT
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys           836 Nov 22 20:56 Imakefile
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys         10499 Nov 22 20:56 LabelH.c
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys          1926 Nov 22 20:56 LabelH.h
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys          2229 Nov 22 20:56 LabelHP.h
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys           636 Nov 22 20:56 Makefile.std
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys           338 Nov 22 20:56 Makevms.com
> |-r--r--r--    1 1851     sys           389 Nov 22 20:56 README
> |
> |What should I stuff in the Makefile and where should I stuff it to get
> |this .a file compiled?
> |
> |TIA
> |
> |DT
> |
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