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From: blarson@blars
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Subject: Re: C Linker Library problems -- help!
Keywords: OSK, C, linker, libraries
Message-ID: <200@blars>
Date: 5 May 91 04:15:59 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.223454.5112@cbnewsd.att.com> <198@blars> <1991Apr30.154454.27728@cbnewsd.att.com>
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In article <1991Apr30.154454.27728@cbnewsd.att.com> knudsen@cbnewsd.att.com (michael.j.knudsen) writes:
>In article <198@blars>, blarson@blars writes:
>> If only OSK make worked reliably.  It works most of the time on simple
...
>"take" on that source file!  Must I "touch *.c" before Make just to
>be sure, and bring a good SciFi novel (like the manual)?

From my experience, it wouldn't do you the slightest bit of good.
Neither would "del *.r".  The problem is forgotten dependencies --
make didn't think that .r file was needed even though you told it it
was.  (at least with the del *.r attempt l68 complains about a file
not found instead of using an obsolete version.)  The other problem is
forgetting a complete rule and using the default version.  There is an
option to turn off defaut rules, but then you get to specify everything...

The error for "macro not found" is quite rediculous as well, giving no
hint at what the problem is or where it the file...


>> Instead of "make foobar" use "make foobar.r barfoo.r flowbuz.r blop.r
>> kerblooie.r gagchoak.r foobar".  I've got a lot of little shell files
>Can you trust make to at least do every argument on that command line?

It works for me.



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