tinkering only

src/makefile

@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 # Add directories to this list as they are sorted out.
 MAKE_DIRS = zmapmanager
 
-all: platform
+all: makebindir
 	@for d in $(MAKE_DIRS); do \
 	(cd $$d ; echo ; echo 'make '$@' in '$$d ; $(MAKE) $@ ; echo) ; \
 	done
 
-clean: forcemake platform
+clean: 
 	@for d in $(MAKE_DIRS); do \
 	(cd $$d ; echo ; echo 'make '$@' in '$$d ; $(MAKE) $@ ; echo) ; \
 	done
@@ -26,6 +26,38 @@ clean: forcemake platform
 # some of its own commonly used rules.
 #
 ROOT_DIRECTORY = .
-MAKEDEFS_DIR = $(ROOT_DIRECTORY)/zmapMake
-include $(MAKEDEFS_DIR)/common.make
-include $(MAKEDEFS_FILE)
+MAKE_DIR = $(ROOT_DIRECTORY)/zmapMake
+include $(MAKE_DIR)/common.make
+
+
+
+
+# actually this is all more trouble than its worth really...it would be better
+# to have it in a build script really or a totally separate make file...as is
+# done in acedb....Think about how to do this more elegantly...
+#
+# Dependency used by all makes to check that environment variable ZMAP_PLATFORM
+# has been set and that the platform defs file actually exists in the make
+# defs directory.
+#
+platform:
+	@if [ "$(ZMAP_PLATFORM)" -a -f $(MAKEDEFS_FILE) ] ; \
+	then \
+	  if test ! -d $(BINDIR) ; \
+	  then \
+	    echo ; \
+	    echo "making "$(BINDIR)" directory" ; \
+	    mkdir $(BINDIR) ; \
+	  fi \
+	else \
+	  echo ; \
+	  echo 'To compile you must set the environment variable "ZMAP_PLATFORM"' ; \
+	  echo 'to one of the following:' ; \
+	  echo ; cd $(MAKEDEFS_DIR) ; \
+	  for i in `ls *$(MAKEDEFS_SUFFIX)` ; do \
+	    echo `basename $$i $(MAKEDEFS_SUFFIX)` ; \
+	  done ; \
+	  echo ; exit 1 ; \
+	fi
+
+