Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 10:48:35 +1000
From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au>
To: "Ryan, Martin" <MRyan@VICMAIN.YPA.telstra.com.au>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Help with {P}make
Message-ID: <19990220004835.3512.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <36CD1C9B@ypmail.nds.telecom.com.au> of Fri, 19 Feb 1999 18:01:00 EST
References: <36CD1C9B@ypmail.nds.telecom.com.au>
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This question was far too involved and imprecise for people with limited time to wade through. Let's cut to the essentials: > TESTDIR = /home/www-hotstage/cgi-bin > INSTALLDIR = /home/www/cgi-bin > PLSCRIPTS = sites.pl sites-popup.pl > > test : $(TESTDIR)/$(PLSCRIPTS) > > install : $(INSTALLDIR)/$(PLSCRIPTS) > > $(TESTDIR)/$(PLSCRIPTS) : $(.PREFIX).pl > perl -c $(.PREFIX).pl > cp $(.PREFIX).pl $(.TARGET) We need to know (precisely) what you wanted this to do. That means: what command lines did you hope to see make generate? Then we need to know (precisely) what actually happened that was different from what you hoped. That means: what command lines did make generate instead? Finally, when trying to understand what make does, unless you're an expert (which probably means you had a wasted life), you need to stay away from "make -n" -- there are too many circumstances when that does not generate the same command lines that would be generated without the "-n". -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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