MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

make(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities make(1)

Message: Invalid library format

Cause: make attempted to access a library that was not in the correct format.

Action: Verify that your library is correct and rebuild it if necessary.

Message: Line too long

Cause: make encountered a line that was too long to process either when reading a ﬁle

or performing macro expansions.

Action: Restructure you makeﬁle so that the line can be shortened.

Message: Missing argument for "–opt" option

Cause: You speciﬁed the –opt option but did not follow it with the expected argument.

Action: Provide the expected argument. Check the Options section of this man page for

a list of valid options and their arguments.

Message: Missing .END for .IF

Cause: You speciﬁed a .IF statement without the corresponding .END statement.

Action: Provide the missing .END statement, or remove the extra .IF statement.

Message: Missing targets or attributes in rule

Cause: make encountered a rule that had no targets or attributes speciﬁed when read-

ing input.

Action: Correct the syntax of your makeﬁle.

Message: Multiple .SETDIR for target ignored

Cause: More than one .SETDIR attribute was speciﬁed for the target. The subsequent

.SETDIRs have been ignored.

Action: Remove the extra .SETDIRs.

Message: Multiple targets are not allowed in % rules

Cause: A metarule can have only one target speciﬁed.

Action: Refer to the section in the manual on inference rules and correct the makeﬁle.

Message: Multiply defined recipe for target target

Cause: You speciﬁed more than one recipe for target in different rules, and the rules

use the : operator.

Action: Either use the : operator to handle independent recipes, or correct your

makeﬁle.

Message: Name too long ’pathname’

Cause: You speciﬁed a path name which exceeds the maximum path name length for

make. You can use .SETDIR and relative names to traverse the directory tree,

as long as this limit is not exceeded.

Action: Restructure your makeﬁle.

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