make: *** No rule to make target

[Johs]

I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project
But when I run make from the folder I just get:

make: *** No rule to make target `project.c', needed by `project'. Stop.
Any hints to what I might be doing wrong?

[Mark McIntyre]

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:53:29 +0100, in comp.lang.c , Johs
<sd*@sdf.comwrote:

>I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

This is a gcc and/or make problem, and not topical here. Try
comp.unix.programming or a gcc group. Also try looking at some sample
makefiles that work
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[CBFalconer]

Johs wrote:

>
I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project

But when I run make from the folder I just get:

make: *** No rule to make target `project.c', needed by `project'. Stop.

Any hints to what I might be doing wrong?

You probably haven't got a source file named "project.c". Maybe
you created it with VC, and got it named "project.cpp". Or
something, like wrong case letters, or running in wrong directory.

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[Default User]

Mark McIntyre wrote:

On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:53:29 +0100, in comp.lang.c , Johs
<sd*@sdf.comwrote:

I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

This is a gcc and/or make problem, and not topical here. Try
comp.unix.programming or a gcc group. Also try looking at some sample
makefiles that work

Makefiles are kind of like sourdough, you[1] never can get one made
from scratch to work, you have to start with one that does and gently
modify it.

1. At least a dozen a people are preparing to write polemics about how
they create makefiles all the time from scratch. It's a joke. Like many
jokes has at least a crumb[2] of truth.

2. Just to extend the sourdough simile.

Brian

[Greg Johnston]

Johs wrote:

I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project
But when I run make from the folder I just get:

make: *** No rule to make target `project.c', needed by `project'. Stop.
Any hints to what I might be doing wrong?

If you're running "make," you have nothing listed as make: in your
Makefile. What you really want is "make project" (or turn "project:"
into "make:").

make looks for the make: target. If you run it with an argument, it
uses that target.

[Keith Thompson]

"Greg Johnston" <gr***********@gmail.comwrites:

Johs wrote:

>I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project
But when I run make from the folder I just get:

make: *** No rule to make target `project.c', needed by `project'. Stop.
Any hints to what I might be doing wrong?

If you're running "make," you have nothing listed as make: in your
Makefile. What you really want is "make project" (or turn "project:"
into "make:").

make looks for the make: target. If you run it with an argument, it
uses that target.

Wrong.

Post to a newsgroup specific to your system (likely
comp.unix.programmer), or read the documentation for "make".

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[onkar]

check to see if there is project.c in the directory. You might have
named it differently or in the make file check if you have named
project.c or project correctly in all places ..
Johs wrote:

I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project
But when I run make from the folder I just get:

make: *** No rule to make target `project.c', needed by `project'. Stop.
Any hints to what I might be doing wrong?

[Clever Monkey]

Default User wrote:

Mark McIntyre wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:53:29 +0100, in comp.lang.c , Johs
<sd*@sdf.comwrote:

>>I have a source file called project.c. In the same folder I have a
Makefile containing:

This is a gcc and/or make problem, and not topical here. Try
comp.unix.programming or a gcc group. Also try looking at some sample
makefiles that work

Makefiles are kind of like sourdough, you[1] never can get one made
from scratch to work, you have to start with one that does and gently
modify it.

1. At least a dozen a people are preparing to write polemics about how
they create makefiles all the time from scratch. It's a joke. Like many
jokes has at least a crumb[2] of truth.

2. Just to extend the sourdough simile.

You know some crusty old-timer will raise the issue anyway. Any way you
slice it, you can't win.

[Andrew Sidwell]

Johs wrote:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project

The 'project: project.c' line is at fault here. Targets (for example,
your 'project') can only depend on other targets, and project.c isn't a
target. (Targets are basically things which make knows how to create.
make doesn't know how to create a .c file by default, but it does know
how to make things like .o files.)

Andrew Sidwell

[Barry]

"Andrew Sidwell" <ne**@entai.co.ukwrote in message
news:JY****************@newsfe5-win.ntli.net...

Johs wrote:

CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project

The 'project: project.c' line is at fault here. Targets (for example,
your 'project') can only depend on other targets, and project.c isn't a
target. (Targets are basically things which make knows how to create.
make doesn't know how to create a .c file by default, but it does know
how to make things like .o files.)

Andrew Sidwell

Wrong.

[Keith Thompson]

Andrew Sidwell <ne**@entai.co.ukwrites:

Johs wrote:

>CC=gcc
CFLAGS=-g

project: project.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) project.c -o project

The 'project: project.c' line is at fault here. Targets (for example,
your 'project') can only depend on other targets, and project.c isn't a
target. (Targets are basically things which make knows how to create.
make doesn't know how to create a .c file by default, but it does know
how to make things like .o files.)

Please take this discussion to a more appropriate newsgroup, one where
make is topical and they can explain why you're wrong.

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