cygwin make error "gcc: no input files"

[bettyann88]

i am unable to compile/make olson's time zone code under cygwin. i
was successful in compiling this code under Sun Solaris 8 with no
problems. i would greatly appreciate any suggestions about this error
as i do not use make files often.

if i have posted to the wrong group, i apologize and please let me
know what is a more appropriate group. thanks.

i did modify the Makefile so that the targets are followed by two
colons (rather than one), ie, target: --> target::

here is the error:

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$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc

$ gcc
gcc: no input files

$ make
MAKE Version 5.2 Copyright (c) 1987, 2000 Borland
Error: Circular dependency exists in makefile
all -> ALL -> all
sed -e 's|AWK=[}]*|AWK=nawk|g' -e
's|TZDIR=[}]*|TZDIR=/usr/local/etc/zoneinfo|' < tzselect.ksh

>tzselect

chmod +x tzselect
cp yearistype.sh yearistype
chmod +x yearistype
gcc -DTZDIR=\"/usr/local/etc/zoneinfo\" zic.o localtime.o
asctime.o scheck.o ialloc.o -o zic
gcc: no input files

** error 1 ** deleting zic

$ ls *.c
asctime.c date.c difftime.c ialloc.c localtime.c logwtmp.c
scheck.c strftime.c zdump.c zic.c

$ ls *.o
ls: *.o: No such file or directory
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tia - bettyann

[Peter S Tillier]

bettyann88 wrote:

> i am unable to compile/make olson's time zone code under cygwin. i
> was successful in compiling this code under Sun Solaris 8 with no
> problems. i would greatly appreciate any suggestions about this error
> as i do not use make files often.
>
> if i have posted to the wrong group, i apologize and please let me
> know what is a more appropriate group. thanks.
>

>
> tia - bettyann

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