Re: make3-82/linux-2.6.28 Dependencies recipe running (THIS IS A BUG)

[John Breitenbach]

Here's some context around the THIS IS A BUG message - it actually 
appears twice in
the -p output after the "No rule to make firmware/edgeport/boot.fw" message



# Not a target:
.y:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.

# Not a target:
.def.sym:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.
#  recipe to execute (built-in):
   $(COMPILE.def) -o $@ $<

.PHONY: _all vmlinux.bin modules sub-make FORCE
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.

modules: sub-make
#  Phony target (prerequisite of .PHONY).
#  Command line target.
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  File does not exist.
#  File has not been updated.
#  Dependencies recipe running (THIS IS A BUG).
#  recipe to execute (from `Makefile', line 126):
   $(Q)@:

# Not a target:
.p.o:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.
#  recipe to execute (built-in):
   $(COMPILE.p) $(OUTPUT_OPTION) $<

# Not a target:
.p:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.
#  recipe to execute (built-in):
   $(LINK.p) $^ $(LOADLIBES) $(LDLIBS) -o $@

# Not a target:
.txinfo.dvi:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.
#  recipe to execute (built-in):
   $(TEXI2DVI) $(TEXI2DVI_FLAGS) $<

< Second instance of THIS IS A BUG message follows>



vmlinux.bin: sub-make
#  Phony target (prerequisite of .PHONY).
#  Command line target.
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  File does not exist.
#  File has not been updated.
#  Dependencies recipe running (THIS IS A BUG).
# variable set hash-table stats:
# Load=0/32=0%, Rehash=0, Collisions=0/13=0%
#  recipe to execute (from `Makefile', line 126):
   $(Q)@:

# Not a target:
.info:
#  Implicit rule search has not been done.
#  Modification time never checked.
#  File has not been updated.




John Breitenbach wrote:
> I've encountered a problem with building the linux kernel v2.6.28 with 
> make-3.82.   This
> has been building fine with version 3.81 for some time.  And while 
> attempting to diagnose
> the problem, I added "-p" to the make command line encountered the 
> "THIS IS A BUG" message.
> This is running on a 32-bit RedHat EL5 system.  Number of parallel 
> jobs has no effect.
>
> The original error message from building the kernel is as follows:
>
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `firmware/edgeport/boot.fw', 
> needed by `__fw_modbuild'.  Stop.
> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....