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Re: Make bug ?
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Paul D. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: Make bug ? |
Date: |
Wed, 2 May 2001 13:13:19 -0400 |
%% Luke <address@hidden> writes:
l> I'm still a new guy to linux, but whenever i try to 'make' a file,
l> eg 'Make install' I get the error "Makefile:3:: *** missing
l> separator. Stop."
There's a section in the GNU make manual on error messages which will
explain it.
This is GNU make's generic "syntax error" message. However, 95% of the
time it's because you're using spaces instead of a TAB character when
indenting command scripts; in a command like this:
all:
@echo foo
The indentation of the second line _MUST_ be a TAB, not any kind of
whitespace.
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- Make bug ?, Luke, 2001/05/02
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