makefile error..

[ausairman]

Hello,

I have just downloaded a c++ package called TSNEAT, which is compiled with this makefile. However, when I run it using make in ubuntu, I simply get the message "make: Nothing to be done for `Makefile.common'."

Here is the makefile:

CC = g++
BIN_DIR=./BIN
OBJ_DIR=./OBJ/


.DEFAULT_GOAL := $(BIN_DIR)/$(PROJECT)
ifeq ($(BUILD), DEBUG)
	CFLAGS = -g -W -Wall -Wunused -pedantic $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS)
else ifeq ($(BUILD), RELEASE)
	CFLAGS = -D NDEBUG -O3 -march=pentium4m -ffast-math  -funroll-loops $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS)
endif

COMPILE_OBJ = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@

clean:
	rm -f $(OBJ_DIR)*.o $(BIN_DIR)/$(PROJECT)

[ne555]

make: *** No rule to make target `BIN'. Stop.

After creating a BIN directory

make: Nothing to be done for `BIN/'

.DEFAULT_GOAL := $(BIN_DIR)/$(PROJECT) define the target, but you never write that recipe

$(BIN_DIR)/$(PROJECT) :
	echo The goal is $(.DEFAULT_GOAL);
	echo so this will be executed when calling 'make';

I cannot find TSNEAT. ¿where did you get it?

[ausairman]

It's the timeseries implementation of Neuroaugmentation of Augmenting Topologies (NEAT), you can find it here: http://tsneat.sourceforge.net/

I don't really know much about makefiles so I'd be very appreciative if you could take a look and tell me whether I am doing something wrong, or whether there is an actual problem with the makefile (in which case I would just go back to the drawing board and make one myeself...).

Arman

[ne555]

This project has no files. ¿?

[ausairman]

Sorry the file is apparently only available to members, try this: http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ICxHTgCZVKFKj2Q5s_HPxOxlJnk5l1_4wxoJ53OBwFvaXZNOKtpJj8Xg3pJB6CXQdgSSgEZl_8RXyA9a9UElOF7W0UBM_kUOcMPOrg/TSNEAT%20Source.zip

[ne555]

Makefile.common is intended to be used by others makefiles.
There are one in ./evaluator and another in ./neatl
Also you should create a directory ./neatl/OBJ/
That will make executables ./evaluator/BIN/evaluator and ./neatl/BIN/neatl

I think that the files under ./common ./evaluator/common ./neatl/common are all equal

[ausairman]

Oh right, so I should be executing those instead of the makefile.common file in the main directory? Thanks!