[bug #41677] wrong message "did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces"

[Frank Heckenbach]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41677>

                 Summary: wrong message "did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces"
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: frank
            Submitted on: So 23 Feb 2014 23:15:29 GMT
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: 4.0
        Operating System: POSIX-Based
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

With a Makefile consisting solely of a line like:

$[x]

or 

$x.

make says:

Makefile:1: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 spaces?). 
Stop.

Which is not appropriate since there are not 8 spaces.





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