Re: [O] make update fails

[Nick Dokos]

Thomas S. Dye <address@hidden> wrote:

> Aloha all,
> 
> I get this error message:
> 
> mk/targets.mk:75: *** target file `update' has both : and :: entries. Stop.
> 
> I suspect I've done something wrong and will appreciate suggestions how
> to get back on track.
> 

Probably added something to your local.mk that looks like this:

update:
      ....

mk/targets.mk has this however:

update update2::        up0 all

The single vs double colons cause the problem: see

  (info "(make) Multiple Rules")
  (info "(make) Double-Colon")

for the details.

Nick