the subject is the error i get when i try to compile the library.
the Makefile is attached below (will greatly appreciate your help)

# $Id: Makefile,v 1.71
Exp $
# Makefile for the new libgnls

CXX=g++

LOCALFLAGS= -D_GNU_SOURCE -ffast-math -D__linux__\
-funroll-loops -DOVERRIDE_COMPLEX_NORM \
-finline-limit=1000 -L:/users/eng/cvcluster/lib/fftw2/
# -pg
# -DOVERRIDE_COMPLEX_NORM to define inline double norm(const Complex&)

PREFIX=/usr/local

CXXFLAGS= -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes \
-I. -I.. $(LOCALFLAGS)

CXX=g++

###CXXFLAGS= -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations \
-Wnested-externs -fno-exceptions -mpentiumpro -malign-double

###CXX=pgCC
###CXXFLAGS= -I. -I.. $(LOCALFLAGS) -L. -L/users/eng/cvcluster/lib \
CXX=g++

CXXFLAGS= -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations \
-Wnested-externs -fno-exceptions -mpentiumpro -malign-double
###--one_instantiation_per_object -fast -g


gnlssrc=System.cc SystemElement.cc error.cc Field.cc Geometry.cc \
InputUnit.cc read_field.cc swap4.cc OutputUnit.cc variance.cc \
Fibre.cc FibreSegment.cc LinearDispersion.cc \
OutputField.cc max_intensity_and_index.cc fwhm.cc \
Average.cc create_gaussian.cc gaussian_peak_power.cc \
Gaussian.cc create_sech.cc sech_peak_power.cc Sech.cc Loop.cc \
Rescale.cc RescaleEnergyTo.cc InputField.cc FixEnergy.cc \
Conjugate.cc NOLM.cc VariationalField.cc complex_normal.cc \
Amplifier.cc RealFilter.cc ComplexFilter.cc GaussianFilter.cc \
SquareFilter.cc LorentzianFilter.cc FibreImpl.cc \
find_periodic.cc VectorField.cc RotatePolarisation.cc \
VariableFibreSegment.cc \
Bit.cc BitPattern.cc make_pattern.cc GeneratePattern.cc \
Detector.cc ElectricalFilter.cc EyeDiagram.cc PRBS.cc \
QFactor.cc calculate_Q_factor.cc FabryPerotFilter.cc \
runge_kutta_fehlberg.cc RamanAmplifiedSegment.cc Loss.cc \
LimitedAmplifier.cc SquaredDetector.cc \
AnyField.cc PDEField.cc ComplexFunction.cc SetZ.cc AdvanceZ.cc \
QFactorCollect.cc Generate.cc SquarePulse.cc \
Branch.cc Compensator.cc EstimateCompensation.cc \
Compensate.cc Add.cc RandomTimeShift.cc FrequencyShift.cc \
RaisedCosine.cc TiltFilter.cc MZModulator.cc DataModulator.cc \
WDMify.cc ReadFrame.cc PerFrame.cc QFactorVariational.cc \
Function.cc Hook.cc RealFilterSum.cc IIRFilter1.cc \
IIRFilter2.cc DPSK_Detector.cc pb2_MZ_modulator.cc \
InPMZModulator.cc CW.cc DGD.cc QPRBS.cc QGeneratePattern.cc \
InPDataModulator.cc InPNRZModulator.cc TruncGaussian.cc PhaseModulator.cc

gnlsprogsrc = eye_diagram.cc Qfactors.cc

gnlsprogs = $(gnlsprogsrc:.cc=)

gnlsprogobj = $(gnlsprogsrc:.cc=.o)

gnlsobj = $(gnlssrc:.cc=.o)

dependencies=$(gnlssrc:.cc=.d)
dependencies += testnew.d

ccfiles = $(gnlssrc)

hfiles = $(ccfiles:.cc=.h) typedefs.h
allhfiles = $(hfiles) gnls.h

installlibdir=$(PREFIX)/lib
installincludedir=$(PREFIX)/include
installbindir=$(PREFIX)/bin

%.d: %.cc
$(CXX) -MD $(CXXFLAGS) $< -E >/dev/null
# includes are of the form <gnls/xxx.h>, so I do need the
# depends on `system includes' as well (-MMD does not work)

%.ps: %.dvi
dvips $<

default: libgnls.a

all: libgnls.a eye_diagram Qfactor Qfactors combine_Q

libgnls.a: $(gnlsobj)
rm -f $@
ar cr $@ $^

### $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) --prelink_objects $^
### ar cr $@ $^ Template.dir/*.o


$(gnlsprogs) testnew: % : %.o libgnls.a
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -lfftw

Qfactor: Qfactor.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^

combine_Q: combine_Q.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^

strip:
strip libgnls.a
ar -ts libgnls.a

install: libgnls.a
install -d $(installincludedir)/gnls
install -m 644 $(hfiles) $(installincludedir)/gnls
install -m 644 gnls.h $(installincludedir)
install -m 644 libgnls.a $(installlibdir)
install -m 755 mkSystemElement mkRealFilter mkComplexFilter \
$(installbindir)
install -m 755 reduceIDLps $(installbindir)
# install -m 755 eye_diagram Qfactor Qfactors combine_Q $(installbindir)

clean:
rm -rf *.o *.d a.out core testnew

test_runge_kutta_fehlberg: runge_kutta_fehlberg.cc error.o
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -DTEST_RUNGE_KUTTA_FEHLBERG -o $@ $^

Makefile: $(dependencies)

include $(dependencies)

/usr/include/C++/4.1.0/list :
'list' is a header, provided by "libstdc++-devel" from gcc version 4.1.0 .

Your error has nothing to do with the Makefile.
It's simply a missing header by name 'list'.
Please try : $ ls /usr/include/C++/4.1.0/*

Solution :
Install / reinstall the libstdc++-devel package for the g++ version 4.1.0

Which OS are you using ? ?

.

1 members found this post helpful.

my OS is vista.
thank you for the leads.

Pls how do i Install / reinstall the libstdc++-devel package for the g++ version 4.1.0?

i used the command "ls /usr/include/C++/4.1.0/*" in the exact directory where the library is located
this is what i got: No match

Do you mean Windows© Vista ? ?

Cygwin ? Or is it a Linux OS installed inside Windows Vista ?

i am using a windows 7 OS and am using cygwin as compiler

# 5

? No usable 'list' header, I think. But list.h .

Ref. gcc-g++-4.1.0.tar.bz2 for Cygwin :
http://artfiles.org/cygwin.org/pub/g...ses/gcc-4.1.0/
$ find libstdc++-v3/ -name list
libstdc++-v3/testsuite/23_containers/list
libstdc++-v3/include/debug/list

$ find libstdc++-v3/ -name list.h
libstdc++-v3/include/backward/list.h

-

I have downloaded the link below into cygwin
gcc-g++-4.1.0.tar.bz2

I still get the same error No rule to make target /usr/include/C++/4.1.0/list needed by System.o stop

# 7 .

May be you will have to edit "System.c" to use list.h ?