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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Giulio Rossato <giulio.rossato <at> infocamere.it>
To: bug-automake <at> gnu.org
Subject: can't use special target .SUFFIXES
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:25:37 +0000 (UTC)

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?
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 218 days ago.

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