Why does my makefile never stop building? - makefile

Question

I am trying to create a makefile to control the build process. I use eclipse and I have a lot of projects some of which are shared libraries. So if I build a project that is using a library, then I would like the library to be built if it is out of date. The seems pretty standard. I just cannot make it work.
I am making the linking dependent on the libraries, and I (try to) provide a rule for building the libraries. But when I do it this way, it seems to be building the library over and over again - and it never finishes. What am I missing?
CPPUTEST_HOME = ...
PROJECTROOT := ...
SDKTARGETSYSROOT := /opt/fsl-imx-fb/4.14-sumo/sysroots/cortexa9hf-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi
COMPONENT_NAME := Jehova
USER_LIB :=
INCLUDE_DIRS := $(PROJECTROOT)/Log/source \
$(PROJECTROOT)/Config/source \
LIBS := $(PROJECTROOT)/Log/bin/libLog.so \
$(PROJECTROOT)/Config/bin/libConfig.so \
# Links to the commands to be used
REMOVE := rm -rf
COMPILER := arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-g++
# All of the sources participating in the build are defined here
SOURCEDIR = source
OBJECTDIR = objects
TEST_DIR = utest
PATH_TO_MAIN = source/main.cpp
SOURCES = $(wildcard $(SOURCEDIR)/*.cpp)
OBJECTS = $(patsubst $(SOURCEDIR)/%.cpp, $(OBJECTDIR)/%.o, $(SOURCES))
DEPENDENCIES = $(patsubst $(SOURCEDIR)/%.cpp, $(OBJECTDIR)/%.d, $(SOURCES))
# Paths to the headerfiles
get_dirs_from_dirspec = $(wildcard $1)
INCLUDE_DIRS += $(USER_LIB) \
$(SDKTARGETSYSROOT)/usr/include/ \
$(SDKTARGETSYSROOT)/usr/include/c++/7.3.0/ \
$(SDKTARGETSYSROOT)/usr/include/c++/7.3.0/arm-poky-linux-gnueabi/
INCLUDE_DIR_EXPANDED = $(call get_dirs_from_dirspec, $(INCLUDE_DIRS))
COMPILE_INCLUDE = $(foreach dir, $(INCLUDE_DIR_EXPANDED), -I$(dir))
LINK_INCLUDE = $(foreach dir, $(INCLUDE_DIR_EXPANDED), -L$(dir))
# Compiler and linkerflags
COMPILER_FLAGS := -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon -mtune=cortex-a9 -Wno-unknown-pragmas --sysroot=$(SDKTARGETSYSROOT)
LINKER_FLAGS := -mfloat-abi=hard -lpthread
# If main.cpp does not exist the project is assumed to be a shared library
ifeq ("$(wildcard $(PATH_TO_MAIN))","")
COMPILER_FLAGS += -fPIC
LINKER_FLAGS += -shared -o
BIN := ./bin/lib$(COMPONENT_NAME).so
else
LINKER_FLAGS += -o
BIN := ./bin/$(COMPONENT_NAME)
endif
# Optimization and debug levels
ifeq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),release)
COMPILER_FLAGS += -O3
else
COMPILER_FLAGS += -O0 -g3
endif
# Include dependencies
ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean)
ifneq ($(strip $(DEPENDENCIES)),)
-include $(DEPENDENCIES)
endif
endif
# All Target
all: $(BIN) test
-$(REMOVE) makeenv
# Compile source to create object files
./objects/%.o: ./source/%.cpp
#echo 'Building file: $<'
#echo 'Invoking: Cross G++ Compiler'
-$(COMPILER) $(COMPILE_INCLUDE) $(COMPILER_FLAGS) -MMD -MP -MF"$(#:%.o=%.d)" -MT"$(#)" -o "$#" "$<"
#echo 'Finished building: $<'
#echo ' '
# Link objects to build target
$(BIN): $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
#echo 'Building target: $#'
#echo 'Invoking: Cross G++ Linker'
-$(COMPILER) $(LINK_INCLUDE) --sysroot=$(SDKTARGETSYSROOT) $(LINKER_FLAGS) $(BIN) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBS)
#echo 'Finished building target: $#'
#echo ' '
# All Target release build
release: clean $(BIN)
-$(REMOVE) makeenv
# Run the test
test: $(BIN)
make -C $(TEST_DIR)
# Other Targets
clean:
-$(REMOVE) $(OBJECTS)$(DEPENDENCIES) $(BIN)
make -C $(TEST_DIR) clean
-$(REMOVE) makeenv
-#echo ' '
$(LIBS):
-cd $(PROJECTROOT)/Config && $(MAKE) clean all release
-cd $(PROJECTROOT)/Log && $(MAKE) clean all release