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Re: A build problem of C++ code on Cygwin
Brian Dessent wrote:
> I've seen this a million times. It's a makefile that doesn't know about
> $EXEEXT and assumes that executables have no extension. Because of this
> one of the stock built-in make rules gets invoked instead of the proper
> link command. Look in the Makefile for the rule that generates the
> final binary and I'm willing to bet that it has no $EXEEXT. This works
> fine on linux because there is no extension for executables there.
Indeed. The attached patch (and then re-running automake at the
top-level) causes the build to work correctly -- or at least get past
the problem you reported, I don't feel like waiting for the full build.
You should report this upstream. The change should be safe for any
platform.
Brian
--- library/base/Makefile.am.orig 2006-03-06 04:22:06.000000000 -0800
+++ library/base/Makefile.am 2006-08-22 16:17:54.937500000 -0700
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ CLEANFILES = $(LIDIA_CONFIG_INCLUDEDIR)/
noinst_HEADERS = $(LIDIA_CONFIG_INCLUDEDIR)/bytes_to_int_flag.h
-$(LIDIA_CONFIG_INCLUDEDIR)/bytes_to_int_flag.h: bytes_to_int_flag_generator
+$(LIDIA_CONFIG_INCLUDEDIR)/bytes_to_int_flag.h: bytes_to_int_flag_generator$(EXEEXT)
./bytes_to_int_flag_generator > $@
noinst_PROGRAMS = bytes_to_int_flag_generator
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