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From: cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Problems with Makefile executing "make" in sub directories
Message-ID: <1990Jan21.220652.1686@virtech.uucp>
Date: 21 Jan 90 22:06:52 GMT
References: <926@telesci.UUCP>
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In article <926@telesci.UUCP>, jpoplaws@telesci.UUCP (Joseph E Poplawski) writes:
> qccs:		lib
> 		cd \
> 			qccs
> 			$(MAKE)

this wont work.  The $(MAKE) will run in the current directory, not in 
the sub-directory.

> qmas:
> 		( cd qmas ; make )

The reason for the problem with this is that qmas exists in the current
directory and since it has no dependencies it doesn't need to be made.
A second issue, while not a real problem, is that the parens are not needed
for this.  All you need is:  cd wherever; make
	
> lib:
> 		( cd libs ; make )

> $ make lib
> 	( cd libs ; make )
> *** Error code 1

Since you dont show the Makefile in libs, I can't tell you why you get
this error.  There is nothing wrong with the lines in this makefile.

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