Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:47:07 -0700
From: Jos Backus <josb@cncdsl.com>
To: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: It's baaack... -- ("make: don't know how to make copies. Stop")
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On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 08:43:29PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> Actually, it is possible for there to be no copies: target in
> src/share/examples/<something>. The copies: (actually copies::)
> target is built up in a .for loop that may be empty.
>
> The fix is a dummy copies:: target.
Perhaps move the copies:: target def above the for loops, so that if the loops
are empty no commands will be executed for that target? That was my local fix
at least and it seemed to work fine.
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