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From: Damon.Lipparelli@CS.CMU.EDU
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Subject: Bug in gnu make.
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Date: 1 Aug 89 16:26:41 GMT
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Hello.  I want to report what I believe is a bug in gnu make.  Using the
following
minimal makefile:

.SUFFIXES: .o .a

.o.a : $<
	ar uv $@ $<

If I have a file called test.o (made with cc -c test.c), and try make
test.a, I get 
"make: *** No way to make target 'test.a'.  Stop."

This does work with the normal make that is on my system.

The version of gnu make I'm using is:

GNU Make version 3.54, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Damon Lipparelli
(lipp@miracle.edrc.cmu.edu)
EDRC
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pa
		15213