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On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, James McDonald wrote: > Umm I have just spent a frustrating few days trying to figure out why my dia > compile wasn't working... It wasn't until I read a sams unix in 24hrs (yeah > right) book that explained what a makefile was did I know where to start... > It was a simple back slash that was the problem causing a comment to run on > to the cpp define statements. > > Wrong: > # charconv.c \ > # charconv.h \ > CPPFLAGS = $(LIBART_CFLAGS) \ > -DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\" \ > -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" > > Right: > # charconv.c \ > # charconv.h > CPPFLAGS = $(LIBART_CFLAGS) \ > -DLIBDIR=\"$(libdir)\" \ > -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" > > My question is can anyone recommended a good book that discusses and explains > gnu make automake autoconf libtool and the macro language and syntax of > aclocal etc?... > > I'm not a complete idiot so I need a book for "people who aren't complete > idiots" not a for dummies or such. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.