MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

make(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities make(1)
Message: Openfile: bad name
Cause: make attempted to open a file with an invalid or NULL name.
Action: Edit the makefile and correct the file name.
Message: Operator after special target treated as ’:’
Cause: You specified a modifier, such as !, with a rule defining a special target. make
ignores any such modifiers.
Action: Remove the extraneous modifier.
Message: Option -c failed to change directory to "pathname": sytem
error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: Option –option argument missing
Cause: You did not provide an argument for –option.
Action: Provide the missing argument.
Message: reading file: system error
Cause: See syserror(3).
Action: See syserror(3).
Message: SHELL macro not defined
Cause: You attempted to execute a recipe that required the shell and the SHELL macro
was not defined.
Action: Make sure that the SHELL macro is defined properly in your makefile or
startup.mk file.
Message: Special target target cannot be a prerequisite
Cause: You tried to use a special target as a prerequisite.
Action: Edit the makefile, and remove the special target from the prerequisite list.
Message: Special target must appear alone
Cause: Various special targets cannot appear with other targets in a rule. For example,
a rule with .ERROR as a special target cannot mention any other target.
Action: Correct the offending line.
Message: Syntax error in % rule, missing % target
Cause: You specified your meta-rule incorrectly. The target must contain a %.
Action: Correct the syntax of the rule.
Message: Target ‘target’ cannot mix ’:’ and ’::’ rules
Cause: You have defined a rule for target using the :: operator, and then followed this
with another rule for target using the : operator.
Action: Either modify the second rule to use :: or remove it.
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