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Re: Space after continuation char "\ " causes "commands commence before
From: |
Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: Space after continuation char "\ " causes "commands commence before first target" error |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:13:45 -0500 |
%% Stephen McInerney <address@hidden> writes:
sm> make fails ambiguously if the Makefile has non-tab whitespace after a
sm> multiline variable definition that gets expanded to the target of a
sm> rule:
Sorry, I can't parse that (I just got back from vacation and my brain is
not yet working again). Can you send an example?
sm> Makefile:12: *** commands commence before first target. Stop.
sm> (The error number varies between 12,13,14 or even 28 (tabstop) error)
sm> It should pinpoint the error (with line number).
Umm... the "12" is not an error number, it's a line number in the
makefile where make detected the error.
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