Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!gamiddleton
From: gamiddleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: mk doesn't work the way I expect
Message-ID: <24726@watmath.waterloo.edu>
Date: 31 Mar 89 02:54:49 GMT
Reply-To: gamiddleton@watmath.waterloo.edu (Guy Middleton)
Organization: University of Waterloo [MFCF/ICR]
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We just got mk, and I tried running this mkfile:

	PROGS	= host addr hostaddr

	all:V:	$PROGS

	$PROGS:
		$CC -o $target $target.c

I expected this to happen:

	cc -o host host.c
	cc -o addr addr.c
	cc -o hostaddr hostaddr.c

Instead, I got this:

	cc -o host addr hostaddr host addr hostaddr.c

I got what I expected when the "all:V:  $PROGS" line was removed.

Why does it work this way?  Am I missing something obvious?

 -Guy Middleton, University of Waterloo		gamiddleton@watmath.waterloo.edu