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Re: [KJ] Question re make

On 10/8/05, Felix Oxley <lkml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I want to test a fix that I have made to a particular file.
>
> However:
>         # dell:/usr/src/linux-2.6.13.2-2 # make drivers/telephony/ixj.c
>         make: Nothing to be done for `drivers/telephony/ixj.c'.

You are "make"ing an object file, not a .c file. Makefiles' syntax is
for the target, not the source.

make drivers/telephony/ixj.o

> and:
>         # dell:/usr/src/linux-2.6.13.2-2 # make drivers/telephony
>         make: Nothing to be done for `drivers/telephony'.

Please read the Makefile before posting.

make M=drivers/telephony

> and
>         # cc driver/telephony/ixj.cjust gives hundreds of errors.

This is just plain silly and why we have a Makefile system in the first place.

Thanks,
Nish

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