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From: hoelzle@polya.Stanford.EDU (Urs Hoelzle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MPW Make
Keywords: Make directory dependencies MPW 3.0
Message-ID: <7084@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Feb 89 23:49:25 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
Lines: 33

I have a large program and want to keep the source in several folders, the
objects in another folder.  For my make file, I tried the following:

># home directory
>SELFDIR	= Self:Self:
># object file directory
>OBJ 	= {SELFDIR}bin:
>
># directory dependency rule (left hand side = source directories)
>{OBJ} 	f  {SELFDIR}compiler: {SELFDIR}lookup: {SELFDIR}memory: 6
>			{SELFDIR}parser: {SELFDIR}runtime: {SELFDIR}zone:
>
>.c.o	f  .c
>	CPlus {CPOptions} {Default}.c -o {OBJ}{Default}.c.o

The idea is that when I have a dependency rule like

{OBJ}abort.c.o 	f  abort.c abort.h

make would search for abort.c and abort.h in the source directories.  However,
this does not work; running make -s gives the dependencies

>Self:Self:bin:abort.c.o
>	abort.c
>	abort.h
>	Self:Self:runtime:abort.c

and make complains it doesn't find abort.c and abort.h.

What's wrong???

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-Urs