Makefile cannot find the last prerequisite object - makefile

Question

I'm trying to compile a large C++ project with source files in several subdirectories of src.
My Makefile looks like this:
# ---------- Compiler and linker directives ----------
CXX = g++-11
CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 -fopenmp -MD -g -Wall -pedantic
# LDFLAGS = -Wl,--gc-sections
# Output directory after linking
BIN_PATH = ../bin
BUILD_PATH = ../build
# ------- System Include --------------
# Change ~/include as necessary for your architecture
INC_FLAGS = -I../include -I/opt/homebrew/include
# -------- Establishing objects and sources ------
RATE_SRC = $(wildcard hartreefock/*.cpp) $(wildcard struct_hartreefock/*.cpp) $(wildcard numerical/*.cpp)
RATE_OBJ = $(addprefix $(BUILD_PATH)/,$(RATE_SRC:.cpp=.o)))
# ------------- Specific Include -----------
# RATE_HEADERS = $(wildcard hartreefock/*.hpp) $(wildcard struct_hartreefock/*.hpp) $(wildcard numerical/*.hpp)
RATE_DIR = hartreefock struct_hartreefock numerical
RATE_INC = $(addprefix -I,$(RATE_DIR))
# ---------- Libraries needed for linking ----------
# Change or remove ~/lib as necessary for your architecture
LIB_PATH = -L/opt/homebrew/lib
# Generic .cc -> .o rule
$(BUILD_PATH)/%.o: %.cpp
#mkdir -p $(#D)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INC_FLAGS) $(RATE_INC) $< -c -o $#
# ---------- Linking rules ----------
# Generic .o -> exec rule: uses all prerequisites (meant to be .o files)
ratecalc: $(RATE_OBJ)
$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(INC_PATH) $(A_RATE_INC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ \
$(LIB_PATH) -o $(BIN_PATH)/$#
# TODO
# simulate:
echo:
echo "$(RATE_OBJ)"
echo "$(BUILD_PATH)"
# Cleanup:
.PHONY: clean build_directories
clean:
-rm -r $(BUILD_PATH)/**
Bizarrely, this seems to do the right thing until I get to one specific file:
make clean
make ratecalc
g++-11 -std=c++17 -fopenmp -MD -g -Wall -pedantic -I../include -I/opt/homebrew/include -Ihartreefock -Istruct_hartreefock -Inumerical struct_hartreefock/RateData.cpp -c -o ../build/struct_hartreefock/RateData.o
g++-11 -std=c++17 -fopenmp -MD -g -Wall -pedantic -I../include -I/opt/homebrew/include -Ihartreefock -Istruct_hartreefock -Inumerical numerical/Constant.cpp -c -o ../build/numerical/Constant.o
make: *** No rule to make target `../build/numerical/wignerSymbols.o)', needed by `ratecalc'. Stop.
This is especially strange because Constant.cpp and wignerSymbols.cpp are in the same directory. Manually running with this target compiles the object file as needed,
make ../build/numerical/wignerSymbols.o
g++-11 -std=c++17 -fopenmp -MD -g -Wall -pedantic -I../include -I/opt/homebrew/include -Ihartreefock -Istruct_hartreefock -Inumerical numerical/wignerSymbols.cpp -c -o ../build/numerical/wignerSymbols.o
but this is not recognised as satisfying the dependency for the ratecalc rule.
It might be significant that wignerSymbols.cpp is the very last entry in RATE_OBJ, but to be honest I can't understand what's happening here.
For completeness: I'm using GNU make 3.81 on an M1 macbook air.

Answer 1

Typo:
RATE_OBJ = $(addprefix $(BUILD_PATH)/,$(RATE_SRC:.cpp=.o)))
There is an extra close paren here, which you can see in your error message:
make: *** No rule to make target `../build/numerical/wignerSymbols.o)', ...