[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Bugs-491549 ] make doesn't work

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Bugs item #491549, was opened at 2001-12-11 05:46
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Category: binutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: make doesn't work

Initial Comment:
The Makefile in the attachment works well with 
Cygwin's make while MinGW shows the following error-
message:

MinGW_make: *** No rule to make target `make_test.a
(make_test.o)', needed by `make_test.a'.  Stop.

both make.exe are GNU Make Version 3.79.1


MinGW_make_test.zip contains the following files:

Makefile    : Makefile that produces the error
make_test.c : Simple Source processed by Makefile
Cygwin_make.exe : Copy of Cygwin's make.exe
MinGW_make.exe  : Copy of MinGW's make.exe
README.txt  : This description

Copy of the Makefile:

# EXECUTABLE NAME(S) GIVEN BELOW
EXEFILE = make_test

# TARGETLIBRARY NAME GIVEN BELOW
TARGETLIB= make_test.a

# OBJECTS GIVEN BELOW
OBJMAIN = make_test.o
OBJS= $(TARGETLIB)($(OBJMAIN))

#------------------------------------------

$(EXEFILE): $(TARGETLIB)
	$(AR) -x $(TARGETLIB) $(OBJMAIN)  
	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJMAIN) $(TARGETLIB)
	$(RM) $(OBJMAIN) 

$(TARGETLIB): $(OBJS)
	@echo library $(TARGETLIB) is now up-to-date


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>Comment By: Danny Smith (dannysmith)
Date: 2001-12-11 13:06

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with your example, I get 
make: Circular make_test.a <- make_test.a dependency 
dropped.
make: *** No rule to make target `(make_test.o', needed by 
`make_test.a'.  Stop.

with both cygwin amd mingw builds of make.


If i change
OBJS= $(TARGETLIB)($(OBJMAIN)) 
to 
OBJS= $(TARGETLIB)$(OBJMAIN)

I get succesful make on both, with the warning about 
circular dependency.



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