3 messages in com.perforce.jammingusing independent target X
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jpar...@palm.com jparrish@palm.com01 Jul 1999 09:35 
Pete...@harlequin.co.uk01 Jul 1999 09:56 
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Subject:using independent target X
From:Pete...@harlequin.co.uk (Pete@harlequin.co.uk)
Date:07/01/1999 09:56:16 AM
List:com.perforce.jamming

Can someone shed a bit of light on the meaning of the following Jam warning:

"A target that does is not a dependency of any other target is being referenced with $(<) or $(>)."

I've not encountered this particular warning message, but I have encountered the "using independant target" one. It means that you have an updating action declaration which is being invoked with a target in (typically) the second argument which has no apparent dependency with (one of) the first argument.

All this _usually_ means that you have tried to pass some parameter or other information to a rule (or action) in its second argument, which Jam regards specially as being a list of targets, and are always bound in actions. If this is indeed the source of your problem, then you should considered passing this information by setting the value of a variable "on" the target, or even putting it in the third or a later argument.

If this does look like the answer to your problem, let me know and I will elaborate if necessary. Otherwise, trying running jam with -d5, and posting a few lines around the occurance of the warning in the produced output.

Cheers

Pete