[bug #17740] make fails without any message

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17740>

                 Summary: make fails without any message
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thursday 09/14/2006 at 13:44 UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
       Component Version: 3.81
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

make 3.81 fails without any hint on why:
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> ./usr/bin/make M=rcmd pkg
make: *** [pkg] Error 2
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> 

whereas make 3.80 tells me why:
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> make M=rcmd pkg
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `/lhome/seved/xx/no-file', needed by
`/lhome/seved/xx/obj/rcmd/.deps/rcmd_client.d'.  Stop.
make: *** [pkg] Error 2
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> 

jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> make -v
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002  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.
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> ./usr/bin/make -v
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 i486-pc-linux-gnu
jasper:/lhome/seved/xx> 

Found after several hours of detective work.
The cause is that a dependency file contains a dep. to a 
file that does not exist and has no rule for creation.







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