# makefile -----------

OBJS    = main.obj othermodule.obj
DC      = dmd
DCFLAGS = -c

all : $(OBJS)

%.obj : %.d
      $(DC) $< $(DCFLAGS)

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

Error on line 9: expecting target : dependencies

* main.d, othermodule.d and makefile are in the same folder.
* make is executed in this folder from the command line

Anyone cares to explain what's wrong/missing?

On 01/09/2013 09:51 AM, deed wrote:

> $(DC) $< $(DCFLAGS)

Your post has spaces at the beginning on that line. (Thunderbird removes those when I reply. Curse!)

Target rules must start with a tab character.

Ali

On Wednesday, 9 January 2013 at 17:57:28 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 01/09/2013 09:51 AM, deed wrote:
>
>> $(DC) $< $(DCFLAGS)
>
> Your post has spaces at the beginning on that line. (Thunderbird removes those when I reply. Curse!)
>
> Target rules must start with a tab character.
>
> Ali


Yeah, that's not the problem. Replacing %.obj and %.d with main.obj and main.d works.

> Yeah, that's not the problem. Replacing %.obj and %.d with main.obj and main.d works.

And $< with main.d

On 01/09/2013 09:51 AM, deed wrote:
> # makefile -----------
>
> OBJS = main.obj othermodule.obj
> DC = dmd
> DCFLAGS = -c
>
> all : $(OBJS)
>
> %.obj : %.d
> $(DC) $< $(DCFLAGS)
>
> # --------------------
>
> Error on line 9: expecting target : dependencies
>
> * main.d, othermodule.d and makefile are in the same folder.
> * make is executed in this folder from the command line
>
> Anyone cares to explain what's wrong/missing?

Assuming that this is for GNU make, ensuring that the rule starts with a tab characters, that file works with GNU Make 3.81.

Ali

> Assuming that this is for GNU make, ensuring that the rule starts with a tab characters, that file works with GNU Make 3.81.
>
> Ali

It is Digital Mars Make Version 5.06 and it's on Windows 7.

On 01/09/2013 01:13 PM, deed wrote:
>> Yeah, that's not the problem. Replacing %.obj and %.d with main.obj
>> and main.d works.
>
> And $< with main.d

 don't know what make you're using, but this works for me:

OBJS    = hello.obj hello_loop.obj
DC      = gdc
DCFLAGS =

all : $(OBJS)

%.obj : %.d
	$(DC) $< $(DCFLAGS) -o $@

Output:
gdc hello.d  -o hello.obj
gdc hello_loop.d  -o hello_loop.obj

and hello.obj and hello_loop.obj both exist

Note that there is a tab before $(DC).

make --version says:
GNU Make 3.81
Copyright (C) 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

This program built for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

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Matthew Caron, Software Build Engineer
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On 01/09/2013 10:19 AM, deed wrote:
>> Assuming that this is for GNU make, ensuring that the rule starts with
>> a tab characters, that file works with GNU Make 3.81.
>>
>> Ali
>
> It is Digital Mars Make Version 5.06 and it's on Windows 7.

That's why you didn't mark the subject with [OT]. ;) It looks like the syntax is different:

.d.obj:
   $(DC) $(DFLAGS) -c $<

I got that by clicking "makefile example" here:

http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DigitalMarsTools#DigitalMarsLinkerandUtilities

Ali

>  don't know what make you're using, [...]

I'am using the make.exe coming with the DMD 2.061 distro in D/dmd2/windows/bin/
Thought/hoped the GNU spec was applicable, but if it works with GNU make and not Digital Mars make, well..

make -man leads to http://digitalmars.com/ctg/make.html, which says:

Implicit Definition lines
.targ_ext.dep_ext : [; rule] [# ... ]

Does this give a clue?

> .d.obj:
>    $(DC) $(DFLAGS) -c $<

> Ali


Works like a charm! Case solved.
Thank you very much!