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From: DJA AT kcs DOT co DOT uk (John Archer)
Subject: RE: *** missing separator. Stop. error when running make
15 Oct 1998 21:21:59 -0700 :
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To: Alexei Karpov <Alexei DOT Karpov AT sonycom DOT com>
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hi

Alexei Karpov wrote:
	>>My makefile has string which contain ( f.e. ) next text :
	>>echo I do not know why it's does not work.
	>>When I run make utility I get next error : *** missing
separator.  Stop.

	>>Under Unix it works properly, why it does not work
	>>under CygWin32. May be anybody has ever had the
	>>same error.

I get this problem if I have inadvertently used a text editor that
replaces tab characters with spaces.
Putting the tab characters back again, solves the problem.

John Archer


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