GNU make error: "multiple target patterns"
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 4:59 pm
[PROBLEM]
I tried to add targets to a makefile for ffmpeg's FATE test suite, when I ran into the problem that "make fate" refused my changes with the following error message:
In my code I had copy/pasted some lines that create Makefile targets, which ended with a trailing backslash because they were multiline statements.
The following code block was the culprit:
To fix this problem, either add a blank line between these 2 variable assignments:
...or remove the trailing backslash at the end of each statement's last line.
I tried to add targets to a makefile for ffmpeg's FATE test suite, when I ran into the problem that "make fate" refused my changes with the following error message:
[SOLUTION]"multiple target patterns"
In my code I had copy/pasted some lines that create Makefile targets, which ended with a trailing backslash because they were multiline statements.
The following code block was the culprit:
Code: Select all
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%) \
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%) \Code: Select all
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%) \
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%) \Code: Select all
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL1:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%)
FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3 := $(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-enc-%) \
$(FATE_FFV1_LEVEL3:%=fate-ffv1-dec-%)