Question

I have a small issue with my build procedure on linux.

For whatever reason in my code if I issue a “make clean” Linux produces a file called “clean”. The thing is that I don’t have a “clean” section on the makefile of my project.

It looks like my make is picking up the wrong Makefile from somewhere and this might clash with the Makefile of my project.

Is there anyway to know which makefile is looked up?

Answer 1

Two ideas:

1. Use the --debug command line option to have the make program tell you more about what it’s doing.
2. Try adding a .PHONY declaration of the clean target.