Makefile Problem

I am migrating old C++ OpenGL code from an old (circa Fedora 4) install to a new Dell workstation running Red Hat Enterprise 5. (I get the same error in Fedora 10).

When I "make" the code I get:

make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.dependencies', needed by `depend'. Stop.

Any help I can get with the original Makefile is appreciated:

Code:

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CC = g++

CFLAGS = -g -Wall -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__ -w

LDFLAGS = -lGL -lGLU -lglut -lm -lX11

LIBDIR = -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib

INCDIR = -I/usr/include -I/usr/X11R6/include

SRCS = flightdetail20.cc landdetail55.cc comm001.cc texture.cc constants.cc comm_variables.cc flight_variables.cc 3ds.cc

OBJS = $(SRCS:.cc=.o)
PROGS = teapotdetail

default : $(PROGS)

$(PROGS) :  depend $(OBJS)
        $(CC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBDIR) $(LDFLAGS) /usr/lib/lib3ds.a

depend:: Makefile.dependencies $(SRCS) $(HDRS)

Makefile.dependencies:: $(SRCS) $(HDRS)
        $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCDIR) -MM $(SRCS) > Makefile.dependencies

-include Makefile.dependencies

clean :
        /bin/rm -f *.o a.out core $(PROGS) Makefile.dependencies *~ #*

TAGS : $(SRCS) $(HDRS)
        etags -t $(SRC8iS) $(HDRS)

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Code:

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make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.dependencies', needed by `depend'. Stop.

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Originally Posted by bling

Code:

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make: *** No rule to make target `Makefile.dependencies', needed by `depend'. Stop.

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Thanks for the reply. I fixed the code into the right format. What you have here is the error I get when I try to run the Makefile.

Code:

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Makefile.dependencies:: $(SRCS) $(HDRS)
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCDIR) -MM $(SRCS) > Makefile.dependencies

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That looks like a rule to me, so I expect it is some subtle thing somewhere that is causing a problem. Maybe some tabs have be replaced by spaces, for example - there should be a TAB on the line with $(CC) above - and I expect there is, but since there is no code tags around the makefile, I can't see whether there is or not.

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Mats

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Originally Posted by matsp

Code:

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Makefile.dependencies:: $(SRCS) $(HDRS)
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCDIR) -MM $(SRCS) > Makefile.dependencies

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That looks like a rule to me, so I expect it is some subtle thing somewhere that is causing a problem. Maybe some tabs have be replaced by spaces, for example - there should be a TAB on the line with $(CC) above - and I expect there is, but since there is no code tags around the makefile, I can't see whether there is or not.

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Mats

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Thnaks, I re-edited the Makefile above to show the code and yes there is a tab on the line with $(CC).

This Makefile was written probably 5 years ago and my suspicion is that something has changed in the compiler etc. which makes the grammar subtly screwed up... since I get the same error in Fedora and Red Hat. Maybe I should just try rewriting the Makefile from scratch...

One problem seems to be that the script does not output the Makefile.dependencies file... which it seems designed to do. I checked the permissions on the folder and they are OK (777). So there is no Makefile.dependencies file in the folder. If I type "make Makefile.dependencies" I get the same error. Something with this line.

Completely wild guess: Change the :: into : - I have no idea if that helps or not, but I don't see anything else that is even remotely suspicious.

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Mats

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Originally Posted by matsp

Completely wild guess: Change the :: into : - I have no idea if that helps or not, but I don't see anything else that is even remotely suspicious.

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Mats

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Thanks, tried that already and did not help. I better try from scratch because as I comment out the "depend" files the errors just seem to lead back right to the start. This was created without much thought many years ago off some model that may just be dead_on_arrival in 2008. I wonder if I really need to create that "Makefile.dependencies" file.

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Originally Posted by jerryyyyy

Thanks, tried that already and did not help. I better try from scratch because as I comment out the "depend" files the errors just seem to lead back right to the start. This was created without much thought many years ago off some model that may just be dead_on_arrival in 2008. I wonder if I really need to create that "Makefile.dependencies" file.

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I'm pretty sure there's something else going on here. "make" has existed since 20 years back. It has had some extensions added, but not in such a way that it should break old makefiles.

When I try it on my machine (I just created empty files for your source files) it tries to do the right thing - it obviously fails when the source files are empty.

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Mats

Looks like the libraries are empty.... For sure -lglut is not there. I just installed the latest NVIDIA drivers, but they do not include -lglut (thought they did). I have a Dell M90 portable workstation (for in home Thanksgiving work) and the mothership at the lab, which runs the Red Hat. The M90 is running Fedora 10.

I will get all the libraries loaded right and see what happens.

You would think I would get an error on the libraries.

Thanks for the Help.