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1NilusNilus
1NilusNilus

Reputation: 27

Why does make not find the file specified?

I am writing a makefile in which everything works if I type it into git bash, but when trying to use the command through make, it wont work.

Makefile


CC ?= gcc
CFLAGS ?= -Wall
INCLUDE_DIR ?= src/headers

TARGET_EXEC ?= o.exe
SRC_DIR ?= src
BIN_DIR ?= bin
SRCS := $(wildcard $(SRC_DIR)/*.c)
OBJS := $(addprefix $(BIN_DIR)/, $(notdir $(SRCS:%.c=%.o)))

.PHONY: all
all: $(OBJS)
    $(CC) $(OBJS) -o $(BIN_DIR)/$(TARGET_EXEC)

$(BIN_DIR)/%.o: $(SRC_DIR)/%.c
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@ -I$(INCLUDE_DIR)

Console output

process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, cc -Wall -c src/main.c -o bin/main.o -Isrc/headers, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
makefile:17: recipe for target 'bin/main.o' failed
mingw32-make: *** [bin/main.o] Error 2

I have already tried reinstalling git, vscode, mingw. I have also tried removing enviroment variables.

I also stumbled onto this answer: Makefile error make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified Which also did not work for me.

I have also checked which shell is being used by typing echo $(SHELL), which outputs sh.exe

Upvotes: 0

Views: 278

Answers (1)

1NilusNilus
1NilusNilus

Reputation: 27

Thanks to @Barmar and @teapos418, I found the answer. The file not found was indeed CC, because the variable $(CC) was declared by using CC ?= gcc, wich is not the right use case. Changing it to CC = gcc fixed the problem.

makefile manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Setting.html

Upvotes: 1

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