Home/ Questions/Q 7507539
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-29T22:30:23+00:00

Directory tree . | Makefile | src | Makefile | spec | test in

  • 0

Directory tree

.
| Makefile
| src
    | Makefile
| spec
| test

in ./Makefile

default: all

.DEFAULT: 
    $(MAKE) -C $@

in src/Makefile

.PHONY: all spec test ...

spec:
    bundle exec cucumber ../spec

When I am in the src directory the “make spec” works well.

..././src/# make spec
blablabla

But when I am in the root directory i get that there is “nothing to be done” but it is a phony target

..././# make spec
make: Nothing to be done for `spec'.

I suppose it is a problem with the name of task that is the same as the name of the directory, with a sub makefile.

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    I suppose it is a problem with the name of task that is the same as the name of the directory, with a sub makefile.

    Yep.

    Try something like:

    all :

forward_ : ;

% : forward_
    $(MAKE) -C $@

.PHONY : all forward_

    Phony forward_ target is supposed to trigger re-evaluation of % target even when there is an existing file or directory with $@ name.

    • 0