Question

If I try make all, I get:

make: ***No rule to make target 'src\SOURCES', needed by 'all'. Stop.

If I try make qwark, I get:

make: ***No rule to make target 'obj\src\SOURCES' needed by 'qwark'. Stop.

If I try make qwark.o, I get

Fatal error: can't create obj\qwark.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [qwark.o] Error 1

Here’s my source code, for your viewing pleasure…

COMPILER := g++
CFLAGS := 
LDFLAGS := 
SOURCES := quark.cc
SOURCES := $(addprefix src\,SOURCES)
OBJECTS := $(addprefix obj\,$($(notdir SOURCES):.cc=.o))
EXECUTABLE := qwark.exe
DEBUG := bin\debug\$(EXECUTABLE)
NORMAL := bin\release\$(EXECUTABLE)

all: $(SOURCES) $(EXECUTABLE)

release: qwark
normal: qwark

qwark: $(OBJECTS)
    $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJECTS) -o $@

qwark.o: src\qwark.cc
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c src\qwark.cc -o obj\qwark.o

%.o: src\%.cc
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(input) -o obj\$(output)

Please, someone, tell me what it is I’m doing wrong……….

Answer 1

You’re modifying a literal SOURCES word, instead of the corresponding variable value. Try the following:

SOURCES := quark.cc

SOURCES := $(addprefix src\,$(SOURCES))
OBJECTS := $(addprefix obj\,$(patsubst %.cc,%.o,$(notdir $(SOURCES))))

Or, much simpler:

SOURCES := quark.cc

OBJECTS := $(SOURCES:%.cc=obj\%.o)
SOURCES := $(SOURCES:%=src\%)