Re: Error in make file

Dan Espen wrote:

Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Dan Espen wrote:

Baho Utot <baho-utot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

The following is a fragment of my Makefile (GNU Make 3.81).

I believe the error stems from the grep (line) but I don't know why it
errors.

PKGLIST is a list of sub directories to "grep the Build.Log" looking
for compile and installation errors.

This is the error:

make: *** [errors] Error 1

Makefile fragment

PKGLIST = Linux-API-Headers Man-pages Glibc

errors:
for dir in $(PKGLIST); do \
echo "Checking: "$$dir; \
grep Error $$dir/Build.Log; \
done

Anyone know the fix?

I copied your fragment into a Makefile,
changed all the spaces to tabs and ran it.
Here is the output:

for dir in Linux-API-Headers Man-pages Glibc; do \
echo "Checking: "$dir; \
grep Error $dir/Build.Log; \
done
Checking: Linux-API-Headers
grep: Linux-API-Headers/Build.Log: No such file or directory
Checking: Man-pages
grep: Man-pages/Build.Log: No such file or directory
Checking: Glibc
grep: Glibc/Build.Log: No such file or directory
make: *** [errors] Error 2


everything looks fine to me.

Thanks....

After a little bit more research, I believe to problem is grep returning
a
non zero return value when grep finds a match. Make then thinks
something has failed hence the make: *** [errors] Error 1

I need to think now of a work around or just ignore the error :(

Oh, I see, you don't want to see the error message.

Just prefix the whole command with "-".

Well Ok i did that.
It is still there as it, Now it prints

make: [errors] Error 1 (ignored)

Oh well maybe I should just leave it :)

Thanks

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