Thread: gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target `page/SUBSYS.o'. Stop. ??????????????????

Hello,

I downloaded the Postgres-6.5.3.tar.gz, untarred it and followed the config=
ure, make and installation procedures as written in README/INSTALL.

The configure procedure went well, and the beginning of the installation/co=
mpilation procedure went also as expected (I have done this once before on =
Redhat 5.2, with an earlier version of Postgres).

But, at one point the compilation procedure stopped, and ended with a serie=
s of error messages like:

gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/pgsql/postgresql-6.5.3/src/backend/s=
torage/buffer'

gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target `page/SUBSYS.o'. Stop.

etc (there were about 9-10 of these).

and ending with:
gmake: *** [all] Error 2


What does "rule" mean exactly in the message "No rule to make target ......=
"?

What am I missing on my present installation of Linux?=20
I suspect it is a missing object file, or a missing header file, but which =
one(s)?
I have Mandrake Linux 7.0, installed on a Pentium 200 MHz, 64 MB ram.


Regards,
Rolf C Stadheim