Re: VPATH and vpath problems

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:44:58 +0000
> From: Dan Clarke <address@hidden>
> 
> Hi.  I'm having a bit of trouble getting the VPATH variable to do 
> anything.

FWIW, I never had any trouble with it.

> I want to generate a .hvo file from a .hvs file.  However, 
> they have to be in different directories.
> 
> I've got this in my makefile ...
> 
> 
> VPATH = w:/modules7/graphics/pc/vshaders/effects
> vpath %.hvs w:/modules7/graphics/pc/vshaders/effects
> 
> %.hvo: %.hvs

Is this all you have in your Makefile?  I'm guessing there's more, in
which case please show the minimal Makefile that reproduces the
problem on your system.

For example, where's the complete rule to produce .hvo file from a
.hvs file?

> and I get the following error ...
> 
> gnumake: *** No rule to make target 
> `\gamedir\vshaders\effects\ccorrect.hvo', needed by `project.exe'.  Stop.
> 
> Now, ccorrect.hvs definitely exists in the 
> "w:\modules7\graphics\pc\vshaders\effects" directory.

And in what directory do you want ccorrect.hvo?