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In the manual for make 3.48:

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When a dependency's name has the form `-lNAME', `make' handles it
specially by searching for the file `libNAME.a' in the directories
`/lib' and `/usr/lib', and then using matching `vpath' search paths
and the `VPATH' search path.

For example,

     foo : foo.c -lcurses
             cc $^ -o $@

would cause the command `cc foo.c -lcurses -o foo' to be executed
when `foo' is older than `foo.c' or than `libcurses.a' (which has
probably been found by directory search in the file
`/usr/lib/libcurses.a').
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This does not seem to work when using VPATH.
The following illustrates the problem:

yunexus% cat Makefile
VPATH=.

file: file.c -lmy
	cc $^ -o $@
yunexus% ls 
Makefile	file		file.o
Makefile~	file.c		libmy.a
yunexus% make -v
GNU Make version 3.48, by Richard Stallman and Roland McGrath.
Copyright (C) 1988, 1989 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

make: *** No way to make target `-lmy'.  Stop.
yunexus% 

Thanks.

						Mike


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