GNU bug report logs - #9783
can't use special target .SUFFIXES

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Package: automake;

Reported by: Giulio Rossato <giulio.rossato <at> infocamere.it>

Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: 9783 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: giulio.rossato <at> infocamere.it
Subject: bug#9783: can't use special target .SUFFIXES
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:53:45 +0200

On Tuesday 18 October 2011, Giulio Rossato wrote:
> Putting the following target
> .SUFFIXES: .c .pc
> in a Makefile.am doesn't work and I get an error like this:
> 
>      src/Makefile.am:31: use variable `SUFFIXES', not target `.SUFFIXES'
> 
> Why does it happen?
> 
See:
 <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/Suffixes.html>

If you find that the documentation I've just linked is somewhat unclear,
let us know, and we'll try to improve it.  Otherwise, I will close this
bug report in a few days.

Thanks,
  Stefano
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