Re: AAARRRGGG!!! Murphy got me good

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Adam Heath wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> 
> > dwarf@dwarf:~/build/atari800-1.0.7$ debian/rules clean
> > make: i: No such file or directory
> > make: *** No rule to make target `i'.  Stop.
> > dwarf@dwarf:~/build/atari800-1.0.7$
> >
> > The clean target looks like:
> >
> >
> > # Clean up after a build and before building a source package
> > #======================================================================
> > clean:
> >         $(checkdir)
> >         -rm -f build
> >         cd src ; make clean
> >         rm -f atari800*
> >         -rm -rf debian/tmp debian/*~ *~ *.orig ./#*# *.log
> 
> The above line will cause problems.  # is a comment char to make.  -rm ./ is
> not what you want.  It might cause odd problems.

Well, the line has been there for about a month. Removing it doesn't
change anything. The error still occurs.

> 
> Additionaly, what is $(checkdir)?

define checkdir
        test -f src/Atari800.ico
endef

I suspect I have a stray character somewhere in rules, but I can't find
it...

Thanks,

Dwarf
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