From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11045: Info required to compile a file. Error is attached here Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:22:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1332260622 5657 80.91.229.3 (20 Mar 2012 16:23:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:23:42 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11045@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chethan HB Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 20 17:23:41 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1qX-0005Hm-0W for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:23:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51285 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1qW-0003MU-55 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:23:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44116) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1qO-0003LE-R4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:23:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1qI-00064k-He for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:23:32 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:51418) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1qI-00062z-Eh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:23:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SA2Ju-00057G-E6 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:54:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11045 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11045-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11045.133226240119579 (code B ref 11045); Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11045) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Mar 2012 16:53:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58250 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SA2JF-00055j-AU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:53:21 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:43336) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SA2JC-00055Z-KG for 11045@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SA1pX-0001zg-AQ; Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:22:39 -0400 X-Spook: Delta Force Security Council Noriega undercover X-Ran: (Chethan HB's message of "Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:59:22 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:57898 Archived-At: Chethan HB wrote: > make -k > make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. Hello, I don't think this is an Emacs bug. The same question was asked a few days ago on the help-gnu-emacs list, which is the right place. Eg http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2012-03/msg00135.html Please ask on help-gnu-emacs if you need more help. > What could could be the mistake that I am facing? You need to install a compiler on your machine, and figure out how to call it from a command prompt from outside Emacs. Then just enter the same thing at the M-x compile prompt as you did at the command prompt.