Makefile: Improve the error message if a target is not found

The previous error message was misleading. The new more verbose error indicates that either the target does not exist or the ordering is wrong.
5 years ago · dadcee1a5d
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ distclean: gazeboclean
				@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ distclean: gazeboclean
 # All other targets are handled by PX4_MAKE. Add a rule here to avoid printing an error.
 %:
 	$(if $(filter $(FIRST_ARG),$@), \
-		$(error "$@ cannot be the first argument. Use '$(MAKE) help|list_config_targets' to get a list of all possible [configuration] targets."),@#)
+		$(error "Make target $@ not found. It either does not exist or $@ cannot be the first argument. Use '$(MAKE) help|list_config_targets' to get a list of all possible [configuration] targets."),@#)

 # Print a list of non-config targets (based on http://stackoverflow.com/a/26339924/1487069)
 help: