Re: Re: problems w/ make.

[humbe04]

Hi, and thanks for the prompt response, ,.  unfortunately i installed the new 
version of make and im still getting the same results.... 

C:\Documents and Settings\John  Blaze\Desktop\net-irc>make
makefile:306: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.

C:\Documents and Settings\John  Blaze\Desktop\net-irc>make clean
makefile:306: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.

C:\Documents and Settings\John  Blaze\Desktop\net-irc>make install
makefile:306: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.


and advice will be greatly appreciated.


and once again, thanks very much,

regards,
Humberto

> 
> From: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> Date: 2006/09/23 Sat AM 11:42:02 EDT
> To: <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: problems w/ make.
> 
> > From: <address@hidden>
> > CC: <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 1:41:34 -0400
> > 
> > Im not sure where the Macros are int he Makefile , or even if the are 
> > supposed to be in the MAkefile,i have attached the make file of net::irc  a 
> > perl module,. but i dont think the problem pertains to that particular 
> > makefile for that package because it fails with other packages also.
> 
> Thanks for posting the info.
> 
> > The version is GNU Make version 3.78.1
> > Built for Windows32
> 
> This version is very old (released 7 years ago).  I suggest to upgrade
> to a newer version.  The latest one is here:
> 
>    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/mingw32-make-3.81-1.tar.gz
> 
> I looked at line 308 in the Makefile, and couldn't spot anything that
> immediately suggest why it would fail.  However, I suspect that the
> port of Make 3.78.1 to MS-Windows had some bugs related to file names
> with drive letters or something like that.  The latest version of the
> ported Make should be cleaner, and even if it has some problems with
> this Makefile, we will be able to help you solve them, unlike with the
> old version you use now.
>