Hi Eli, thanks again for the response,. i edited your make file to point to my perl lib folder a c:\perl\lib\perlio\
here is the make file -- and these are the errors im getting C:\netirc\test>make makefile:31: *** missing separator. Stop. SHELL=cmd.exe # --- MakeMaker top_targets section: NOECHO = @ NOOP = rem FIRST_MAKEFILE = mkf1z INST_LIB = blib\lib INST_LIBDIR = $(INST_LIB)\Net DIRFILESEP = \\ INST_ARCHLIB = blib\arch INST_ARCHAUTODIR = $(INST_ARCHLIB)\auto\$(FULLEXT) FULLEXT = Net\IRC INST_AUTODIR = $(INST_LIB)\auto\$(FULLEXT) MKPATH = mkdir EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP = touch -r CHMOD = chmod PERM_RWX = 755 # all :: pure_all # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) # pure_all :: config pm_to_blib subdirs linkext # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) # subdirs :: $(MYEXTLIB) # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) all :: config config :: $(FIRST_MAKEFILE) $(INST_LIBDIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) config :: $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) config :: $(INST_AUTODIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) $(INST_LIBDIR)\\.exists :: C:\perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_LIBDIR) $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) C:\perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(INST_LIBDIR)\. exists -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_LIBDIR) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)\\.exists :: C:\perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR) $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) C:\perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)\.exists -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR) $(INST_AUTODIR)\\.exists :: C:\perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_AUTODIR) $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) C:\Perl\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm $(INST_AUTODIR)\. exists -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_AUTODIR) > > From: Eli Zaretskii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/09/24 Sun AM 04:21:41 EDT > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: make-w32@gnu.org > Subject: Re: problems w/ make. > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CC: <make-w32@gnu.org> > > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:12:00 -0400 > > > > 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. > > There's something else at work here, because I cannot reproduce this > problem. > > First, are you absolutely sure we are looking at the right Makefile? > Is there any other Makefile with more than 306 lines that could > trigger this error message? And why the error message now complains > about line 306, whereas your original report was about line 308? > > Second, could you please post a minimal Makefile that reproduces this > problem, without depending on the entire Net::IRC build environment? > For example, I attach below a small Makefile that is a modified > version of the portion of your Makefile around the line 308, with the > addition of definitions of several Make macros (at the beginning of > the Makefile) that are needed to make it self-contained. This small > Makefile works for me with Make 3.81. > > Some modifications that were required for me to run this Makefile > without installing Perl and Net::IRC exactly as you have on your > machine: > > . I replaced EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP, MKPATH, and CHMOD with commands > that invoke standard programs `touch', `mkdir', and `chmod'. > . I replaced C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl.h in the prerequisites with a > different file which I have on my system > > One other change I needed is to modify the value of DIRFILESEP, from > ^\ to \\. I don't know why the Makefile you posted uses ^\, it is not > supposed to work in the Windows port of Make. Perhaps that is the > reason of your problems, although I cannot figure out how it causes > the multiple target patterns error. > > With these changes, the short Makefile below correctly created the > directories and files it is supposed to make, and I never saw any > error messages about multiple patterns. Can you see if it works for > you? > > SHELL=cmd.exe > # --- MakeMaker top_targets section: > NOECHO = @ > NOOP = rem > FIRST_MAKEFILE = mkf1z > INST_LIB = blib\lib > INST_LIBDIR = $(INST_LIB)\Net > DIRFILESEP = \\ > INST_ARCHLIB = blib\arch > INST_ARCHAUTODIR = $(INST_ARCHLIB)\auto\$(FULLEXT) > FULLEXT = Net\IRC > INST_AUTODIR = $(INST_LIB)\auto\$(FULLEXT) > MKPATH = mkdir > EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP = touch -r > CHMOD = chmod > PERM_RWX = 755 > > # all :: pure_all > # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > > # pure_all :: config pm_to_blib subdirs linkext > # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > # subdirs :: $(MYEXTLIB) > # $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > all :: config > > config :: $(FIRST_MAKEFILE) $(INST_LIBDIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists > $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > config :: $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists > $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > config :: $(INST_AUTODIR)$(DIRFILESEP).exists > $(NOECHO) $(NOOP) > > $(INST_LIBDIR)\\.exists :: D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_LIBDIR) > $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(INST_LIBDIR)\.exists > > -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_LIBDIR) > > $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)\\.exists :: D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR) > $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR)\.exists > > -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_ARCHAUTODIR) > > $(INST_AUTODIR)\\.exists :: D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(NOECHO) $(MKPATH) $(INST_AUTODIR) > $(NOECHO) $(EQUALIZE_TIMESTAMP) D:\usr\lib\PerlIO\encoding.pm > $(INST_AUTODIR)\.exists > > -$(NOECHO) $(CHMOD) $(PERM_RWX) $(INST_AUTODIR) > _______________________________________________ Make-w32 mailing list Make-w32@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/make-w32